"Animal Abuse: Why Cops Can and Need to Stop It" - Training Video
"It is my hope that this is watched by every police department and sheriff's office in the country," says the ASPCA's Ledy VanKavage of "Animal Abuse: Why Cops Can and Need to Stop It," a pioneering training videotape recently produced by the St. Louis-based In The Line of Duty.
The video was created in collaboration with the ASPCA and police departments in Illinois, Arizona, Boston and Chicago to help law enforcement agents nationwide recognize and investigate animal abuse. Through graphic footage that helps illustrate the severity of these crimes, the film takes officers step-by-step through an animal crime scene, from collecting evidence to preparing for the courtroom.
"Police officers should treat animal abuse as seriously as any other violent crime," says VanKavage, the ASPCA's Midwest Government Affairs and Public Policy Director, who provides expert commentary in the video. For more information, or to purchase the law enforcement training tape, call 800-462-5232.
Adds VanKavage, "If police departments don't have the funds to purchase the tape, I hope humanitarians will step up to the plate and purchase it for their local police department."