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1. #THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS UPDATE#
2. #THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS FULL#
3. #THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS SERIES#

The District Attorney said none of the bodies of the dogs would be released to Pets In Need until the necropsy reports are final, Perron said. Mollica said Pets In Need wanted to perform its own necropsy on one of the puppies, but Perron said detectives are having necropsies performed on three of the puppies and keeping the remaining four as evidence “for now.” Mollica and Perron then got into a back and forth about necropsies of the puppies. “This is standard operating procedure for us similar to if someone left their pet dog unattended in a parked vehicle on a hot day in Palo Alto and it perished, we would document that in an investigation.” “When Cody notified me yesterday morning about the puppies, I requested that an officer go out to the shelter to take a report,” Perron said in an email obtained by the Post. “I’d also like to know who filed a police report on this incident and what the justification was,” Mollica said. 4 to Cody Macartney, the police department’s lead animal control officer. “I don’t understand how or why this rises to a level to justify a police report since this was PIN’s business and had nothing to do with the city or the PA shelter,” Mollica wrote on Aug. 2 without giving them water or air conditioning, resulting in the deaths of seven puppies.

#THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS FULL#

Police say the employees - Patty Santana, Maggie Evans and Ingrid Hartmann - took a van full of animals from the Central Valley to the Palo Alto Animal Shelter on Aug. 26 with two misdemeanors, animal cruelty and neglect. Three Pets In Need employees were charged on Oct. However, it’s unknown if that termination clause would come into play if Pets In Need’s employees were to be convicted criminally.

The city can terminate the contract within 60 days if Pets In Need breaks the law, according to the contract.

The city outsourced animal services to save money, and at the same time Pets In Need nearly quadrupled its revenue from two years before as it became the animal care provider for Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Pets In Need is in its third year of a five year, $3.4 million contract to operate the Palo Alto Animal Shelter. “As time drags on (over two months as of this writing!) with no resolution on the investigation, the resentment grows, as does the internal organizational tension,” he told Kristen O’Kane, the city’s community services director, in an email. The police investigation must be completed before the nonprofit discusses extending the contract beyond 2024, Mollica said in an email on Sept.

#THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS UPDATE#

Pets In Need Executive Director Al Mollica said he resented city officials and questioned the need for a police investigation into the deaths of seven puppies while in the care of his nonprofit, according to emails between him and Palo Alto city employees obtained by the Daily Post through a public records request.Īt the direction of his board, Mollica said he is minimizing interactions with the city “until the deceased puppies matter gets resolved,” meaning monthly update meetings between the two parties have been canceled.

#THIS IS THE POLICE 2 INVESTIGATIONS SERIES#

This series is based on documents he obtained from the city through a California Public Records Request, a letter from Pets In Need workers and interviews. Editor’s note: Post reporter Braden Cartwright has been investigating Pets In Need following the decision by the district attorney to charge three employees in the deaths of seven puppies.