[hombre_fatal]

I wouldn't mind half the police force being reassigned to fine the sort of people who let their dog shit and run.

My buddy had a small garden patch on the sidewalk in front of his house. It was the only patch of garden on the block, so it was basically chock full of dog feces within a day after he cleaned it from people walking their dogs. You'd get a whiff of it just walking to his house.

He eventually had the tiny patch of land paved over.

[ericmcer]

Yeh! I think it would really help law enforcement community relations if they moved away from ticketing people for violating letter of the law rules (street sweeping hours, etc.) and started ticketing people for stuff that lowers quality of life in the city: taking up two parking spots by not pulling forward all the way, not picking up dog poop, parking in bike lanes, etc.

[JimboOmega]

Didn't we just elect a new DA who has openly stated he will not prosecute any quality of life crimes?

[mc32]

His childhood history of having parents who drove a getaway vehicle to a robbery resulting in a dead police officer apparently has colored his outlook toward policing.

Hope springs eternal.

[jdavis703]

Why do we need someone with a gun to handle this? I'd much rather see a civilian from Vector Control or a similar city department enforcing this. If people fail to pay up the fines, maybe then the guys with guns can be dispatched to deal with "contempt of court" or whatever.

[clairity]

i have a dog and always pick up her poop. i also hate it when other owners don't.

beyond being a nuisance, dog poop is actually more of a threat to dogs than to people (cross-species pathogens/infections are relatively rare).

what i don't get are the folks who who go through the trouble of bagging the poop and then dropping the bag on the ground.