Animal Control Incidents
Incidents responded to by the Baton Rouge Animal Control and Rescue Center (ACRC).
ACRC is responsible for carrying out duties related to animal-related situations, including: administering the anti-rabies vaccination, licensing, and tag program; investigating animal cruelty incidents; investigating dog fighting; resolving dangerous animal situations; rescuing injured animals; investigating abandoned animal cases; investigating occult, animal sacrifice, and bestiality cases; resolving stray animal situations; enforcing the leash law and owned animal problems; assisting law enforcement with narcotics, evictions, and DWI cases; enforcing barking dog cases; inspecting dog yards/pens; chaining or tethering compliance; assisting animal welfare groups with feral interventions; and conducting educational programs.
As many of the incidents included within this data set involve active cases that are currently under investigation and computerized system limitations do not allow for automated screening of open/closed cases, the identity of animal owners is redacted to protect the privacy of the animal owner. Members of the public interested in the identity of a specific incident may contact ACRC directly to inquire about the incident and, if it is closed, ACRC will release a copy of the file to the person requesting it. However, location data regarding where the incident was reported or occurred is included within this data set, which may or may not be the same location as the animal owner's home or property.
In addition, to protect the identity of the complainant (person filing the complaint or alerting ACRC to a potential incident), only the complainant's street name is included as part of this data set.
Finally, while all incidents are updated on a daily basis, incidents involving animal cruelty are updated based on a rolling 30-day delay to allow for ACRC to investigate the incident and make a determination as to the validity of the cruelty complaint.
Columns
| Name | Socrata field name | Column name in sgr mount | Data type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IMPOUND NUMBER | impoundno | impoundno | Text | Number used to track animals being impounded into shelter |
| BREED | breed | breed | Text | Breed of animal |
| SERVICE CODE | service_code | service_code | Text | Code is used at the responding officer's discretion; may be the same as CPREMARKS but may be different if issue is not what complaint reported |
| IMPOUND DATE | impound_date | impound_date | Calendar date | Date animal was brought into shelter |
| EQUIPMENT NUMBER | cequip | cequip | Text | ID of vehicle used to respond to incident |
| DISPATCHER | cpdispatcher | cpdispatcher | Text | ID of employee who dispatched the officer to incident |
| OFFICER | cpofficer | cpofficer | Text | ID of officer who was dispatched to incident |
| COMPLAINANT STREET | cpstreet | cpstreet | Text | Street of complaintant |
| CALL TAKER | cpoperator | cpoperator | Text | ID of employee who took the call |
| COLLAR COLOR | collar_color | collar_color | Text | Collar color |
| INCIDENT DATE | cpdate | cpdate | Calendar date | Date incident was called in |
| VACCINATION NUMBER | vacc_num | vacc_num | Text | Vaccination id number of animal, provided by owner |
| DISPATCHED TIME | cpdisptime | cpdisptime | Text | Time an officer was dispatched to incident |
| VACCINATION DATE | vacdate | vacdate | Calendar date | Date of vaccination of animal, provided by owner |
| LOCATION | location | location | Text | Location of incident |
| REMARKS | cpremarks | cpremarks | Text | Remarks provided during initial call, if any |
| REQUEST TYPE | cprequest | cprequest | Text | Type of incident being reported |
| AVAILABLE TIME | cavailable | cavailable | Text | Time officer was finished with incident and was once again available for another call |
| ZIP CODE | loczip | loczip | Text | ZIP code of incident |
| SPECIES | species | species | Text | Species of animal |
| DISPOSITION DATE | dispdate | dispdate | Calendar date | Date of disposition |
| COLLAR | collar | collar | Text | Type of collar, if any |
| DISPOSITION OFFICER | dispoff | dispoff | Text | Name of officer responsible for disposition of animal |
| DISPOSITION | disposition | disposition | Text | How animal was processed once at ACC (e.g. transferred to the Companion Animal Alliance, an organization with which the City-Parish is contracted to perform all animal sheltering, adoptions, and animal reclaimations) |
| PET NAME | petname | petname | Text | Pet has a name. Used when turning in animal to be adopted. |
| AGE | age | age | Text | Age of animal |
| SIZE | size | size | Text | Size of animal |
| MUNICIPALITY | municipality | municipality | Text | Municipality of incident |
| IMPOUND TIME | impound_time | impound_time | Text | Time animal was brought into shelter |
| ARRIVAL TIME | carrival | carrival | Text | Time officer arrived on scene |
| INCIDENT TIME | cptimercvd | cptimercvd | Text | Time incident was called in |
| FILE NUMBER | cpfileno | cpfileno | Number | Internal file number of incident |
| TEMPERMENT | temperment | temperment | Text | Temperment of animal |
| CONDITION | condition | condition | Text | Condition of animal |
| COLOR | color | color | Text | Color of animal |
| SEX | sex | sex | Text | Sex of animal |
| DISPATCHED SITUATION | cdispo | cdispo | Text | Indicates if officer was dispatched (D) or the call had to be postponed (K) and addressed the following day. |
| DISPATCHED OTHER | cpstandby | cpstandby | Text | Not dispatched by cad but there is dispatch info in record |