Ronald Albert

C.I.H Board Member- London Branch

Anti-Social Behaviour Officer

• Status Dogs & Irresponsible Dog Ownership

• Investigating dog complaints

• Enforcing tenancy agreement

• Advise, Education and information

Responsible Dog Agreement

• Partnership- Agency Working

Tackling the problem

• ASB Officer-duties was set up in February 2008-phone line and duty admin officer-Case monitoring systems

• ASB e-mail address and report inbox • ASB Team began revising procedures 2009-2010- RDO

G set up• RDOG-visits to other social landlord• 2010 Attending Bark Meetings- Animal Welfare, RSPCA,

Police SNT• 2012- began working with Dog’s Trust-Battersea Dog’s

Trust• July 2012 training day for staff- micro-chipping of dogs-

Dogs in the community- Dog control orders-

Physical environment

• Dog signage and waste bins• Dog control areas• Physical presence of ASB team patrols-uniform

presence • Leaflet- ASB booklet and publicity engagement

with dog owners and residents• Estate Services- reporting dog nuisance

Community Events

• Dog Event Community Days 2012- Advice around dog health care- free vouchers- collars checked- neutering vouchers offered-dog agility classes-DVD- dog training- puppy training- litter bags and dog toys provided and RDOG pack

• 67 Dogs micro-chipped- April September 2012• Dog Event Community Days 2013 • 62 Dogs micro-chipped June- August 2013• Further three events organised between autum

season October- November 2013

Success on good practice

• RSPCA Silver Award 2012-Showed good practice- community dog events-

• RSPCA Gold Award 2013- Showed continued improvements- evidence against consultation work- partnership working- review of tenancy agreement- Pets policy review- collection of performance stats- data of dog owners- risk assessment- evaluation forms

• ASB Dog injunctions 2012-13

Response to ASB Bill

• To support government’s iniaitive on compusory micro-chipping 2016

• Tenancy Agreement needs to be revised- Pets policy• Cross-joint working with neighbouring RSL on sharing good practice• Advice- Education and Information- Community events- signage-

bins- leaflets• Enforcement action taken as last resort after warning letter- ASB

injunctions• Amendment to Dangerous Dogs Act 1991- dog out of control in

public place-private property-Could lead to malicuis complaints-neighbour disputes- boundary areas

• Dog Control Orders- keeping dogs on a lead- collar-clean up dog waste

Dog ASB Bill

• Things to consider- ASB Bill on dangerous dogs- education and advice not mentioned in ASB Bill-

• Enforcement- will have wider implications for local authorities to carryout when dealing with dog enforcement orders

• Not enough trained professionals to enforce against owners-dogs off lead- Issuing Fixed Penalty Notices (FPN)

• Dog Control Orders- similar agreement such as RDOA• Who will be qualified to assess whether a dog is a Pit

Bull type and whether pose as a dangerous dog