police admit to losing confiscated dog - Local 10

ONLY ON LOCAL10 NEWS, A FIGHT FOR OWNERSHIPCH A BELOVED DOG THAT LED MIAMI-DADE POLICE TO GET INVOLVED. BUT NOW POLICE ADD NOTICE MISPLACING IT. LOCAL10 ANIMAL ADVOCATE JASE JOINS US LIVE FROM SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE TO EXPLAIN. Reporter: WELL, THERE'S A LOT TO EXPLAIN BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL GET ALL THOSE ANSWERS, LAURIE. THEY DID LOSE THIS DOG. IT ESCAPED ON THEIR WATCH. THEY ADMITTED THAT TO ME. ALSO, PROTOCOL WASN'T FOLLOWED WHEN THAT DOG WAS TAKEN AND PUT IN THIS KENNEL, SO THEN NOBODY REALLY KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WHEN THE DOG ESCAPED FROM THE KENNEL, RAN INTO THIS PARK. IT'S STILL A MYSTERY BUT WE DO HAVE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO TO GIVES HINT. THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A DAY AT THE PARK, A FAMILY ENJOYING SOME TIME WITH THEIR DOG BUT LOOK CLOSER AT THE BOTTOM OF THE YOUR SCREEN. THE DOG RUNS UP TO THE FAMILY, ESCAPING FROM HERE. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT IT COULD HAPPEN IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. Reporter: IT ALL BEGAN WHEN RESCUE GROUP VOLUNTEER WAS GIVEN THIS DOG. HER NAME WAS MOLLY. Reporter: BUT THEN WHALEN BIRCH AND HIS FAMILY CLAIMED IT WAS THEIR DOG. SO THE TWO FOUGHT OVER THE PIT BALL PUPPY AND CALLED THE COPS WHO CONFISCATED THE DOG SINCE NO ONE COULD PROVE OWNERSHIP. THE LAST I KNEW IS THEY TOOK HER IN THE CAR SHE WAS GOING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND SHE WAS TO BE KEPT AT THE STATION UNTIL ANIMAL SERVICES PICKED HER UP. Reporter: BUT NOBODY PICKED HER UP BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, SHE RAN AWAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR DOG? YOU GOT TO ASK THE POLICE. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE DOG MISSING? I'M HURT. THAT'S PART OF THE FAMILY P.D. CONFIRMS THEY LOST THE DOG, THAT SHE SOMEHOW ESCAPED ON THEIR WATCH. THE DOG HAD BEEN SEEN GOING TO FROM UNDERNEATH THE KENNEL. WHO FEEDS THE DOG, WHO WATERS THE DOG, WHO ENSURES THAT SHE'S GOT SHELTER? AND THAT SHE'S STILL THERE. AND THAT SHE DOESN'T ESCAPE. THEY MAY DISAGREE ON WHO OWN MOLLIE BUT THEY AGREE THE POLICE MADE A MISTAKE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WAY THEY TREATED THIS WHOLE SITUATION, THEN? THEY TREATED THE SITUATION POORLY. USED MISYOU CAN JMENT. HOW CAN YOU LOSE PROPERTY FROM A POLICE DEPARTMENT? WE DON'T KNOW. WELL, IS ANYBODY GOING TO INVESTIGATE THIS? NO. END OF STORY. Reporter: AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LAST PLACE THE DOG WAS SEEN. KINGS MEADOW PARK. I ACTUALLY JUST RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM MIAMI-DADE P.D. THEY SAID THEY STILL HAVEN'T FOUND THE DOG BUT THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR IT USING THEIR RESOURCES IN ANY WAY THEY CAN. I ALSO CONTACTED MIAMI-DADE ANIMAL SERVICES. THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE MISSING DOG SO I LET THEM KNOW THAT SOW THAT THEY COULD INVESTIGATE. OF COURSE, WE WILL STAY ON TOP


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