State lawmakers wants to see a city hotline just for ACS calls
SAN ANTONIO - You call 911 when you need emergency help, you call 311 when you need city help, and now, one state lawmaker wants a new number to call for issues with dangerous dogs .She says residents continue calling her saying there isn't enough being done to deal with stray, aggressive, and dangerous dogs . She's now calling on city leaders to create a hotline just for these animal issues, and says she could include this in a future bill too.
"We can't even come outside because we're afraid of these dogs running loose," she told us, adding that the children who usually stand at the bus stop are now being driven by their parents because of the dog. "They said they weren't able to do much because it wasn't a person, and that's what got me most, because I mean, what if it was a person? Does it have to be dead for them to come over here and help us?" she asked.
During the last budget cycle, leaders revealed that ACS wasn't physically responding to more than half of their critical calls.But Campos says, people and animals are still getting attacked, and officers still aren't making it to those neighborhoods.A spokesperson says that the agency works with 311 and an in house dispatch team on the nearly 100,000 calls they get every year.
Dangerous Dogs Hotline Rep. Liz Campos Animal Issues 311 Bexar County ACS
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