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Originally Posted by upflying
The call wasn't urgent if you told the dispatcher the creature was crawling off the road.
Most LEO agencies depend on Animal Control to respond to incidents like this.
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True. Although I did let them know that the animal was attempting unsuccessfully to get out of the road.
Also. I didn't dial 911. I pulled over and googles the local police dept. I wouldn't ever tie up 911 with something like that.
Anyway.... I don't know what was in the officer's head that I spoke with. Maybe it was his way of being funny and I just wasn't expecting it. Not a huge deal. I just don't want to be calling them in the future if this is a situation that doesn't warrant their attention. My thought was this: if a driver came upon the animal unexpectedly I would have felt terrible to learn that someone was hurt or killed because I didn't report the hazard. I have a family and I would hope that others do the same.
On the other hand, I know that nobody wants to scrape a half dead animal off of the road, I also don't want an officer tied up euthanizing and or clearing a deer from the road preventing them or delaying their response to a serious matter. I was actually hoping that the dispatch would send animal control out to the animal to euthanize it. But at 1 am I figured only the police station would be open, so that's who I called.
When I approached the group of LEO's my only intention was to warn them of a road hazard. This guy seemed genuinely annoyed by my presence LoL. Ahh well. Maybe he was having a shitty day.