Animal Protection Officer - Denver Animal Protection

* Responds to complaints about inappropriate animal behavior, enforces rabies vaccination and licensing requirements and dog leash laws, and collects, impounds, and cares for animals.  Issues legal summonses to leash law violators, owners of unvaccinated and unlicensed dogs, and other violations. Writes legal affidavits for search warrants and court orders, executes search warrants, and enforces court orders related to animals.
* Chases, confines, and impounds loose animals.
* Acts as a court liaison and works with the City Attorney's Office and the District Attorney's Office concerning cases of aggressive or dangerous animals, animal cruelty, neglect, abuse, and/or abandonment.
* Testifies in court on violations related to the issuance of legal summonses to animal law violations including neglect cases, cruelty cases, bite cases, and other legal violations.
* Investigates reported dog bite incidents and quarantines animals when necessary.
* ** Promotes Public Health and a One Health mindset related to domestic and wild animals**
* ** Providing public resources**  + Returns animals to owners when the owner can be identified using city issued tags, micro-chips, or information from neighbors before an animal is taken to the shelter.  + Administers vaccinations to animals and performs humane euthanasia.
* Maintains accurate and complete daily log of all related activities such as calls received for each shift, impoundment, and the disposition of animals, and prepares reports.
* Operates vehicle and two-way radio in the performance of duties.
* Cleans and makes minor repairs to facilities and equipment as assigned.
* Along with all department staff, this position will actively participate on an emergency preparedness and response team to support DDPHE’s responsibilities outlined in the City’s Emergency Operations Plan.  This may require being ‘on-call’ from time to time to help respond to emergencies.  Additional training commensurate with assigned duties will be provided.
* Other duties as assigned.
* Performs inspections of animal-related establishments and ensures compliance with municipal ordinances, laws, regulations and contracts.
* Provides education and outreach to community groups, schools, and the public regarding responsible pet ownership, proper pet care, safe human-animal interactions, and answers questions and explains rules, policies, and regulations pertaining to public health and animal control ordinances.
* Respond to calls concerning injured animals, identifies sick or diseased animals, and takes precautions to prevent the spread of disease to other animals or humans.
* A Bachelor's Degree in Animal Science, Criminal Justice, Public Health, Environmental Health, or related field.
* Superior customer service skills.
* Experience in responding to complaints related to public health, public safety, or animal related nuisances.
* The ability to be comfortable collecting, impounding, and caring for animals.
* Bilingual in Spanish/English
* This position requires the employee to be available to work morning shifts, evening shifts, overnight on-call shifts, weekends, and holidays. This shiftwork is a core function of the officer job role.
* Education requirement:
Bachelor's Degree.
* Experience Requirement:
Two (2) years of experience conducting environmental/public health inspections, investigations or environmental/public health management activities.
* Education/Experience Equivalency:
One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.
* Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
* License/

Certifications:

Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.
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