Walker Of Unleashed Roosevelt Island Dog Admonished By Public Safety Department - When Will Ticketing Begin?

No Dogs Allowed On Firemen's Field In Southtown

The ongoing problem of irresponsible Roosevelt Island dog owners/walkers allowing their pet dogs to roam unleashed

Unleashed Roosevelt Island Dog (not involved in this incident)

and crap

Curb Your Dog On Riverwalk Commons

on the grass or elsewhere without picking up after them

Poop Bag Dispenser at Riverwalk Commons

continues to the annoyance of many.

As noted by Roosevelt Island Operating Corp.(RIOC) President Steve Shane (Item 6):

Complaints about dog walkers not properly cleaning up after their pets have been made. There will be increased enforcement of the leash laws, including the obvious clean up responsibility to everyone’s neighbors.

and Public Safety Director Keith Guerra:

Dogs are also not permitted to run loose in non-designated areas.

It looks like the Public Safety Department is starting to enforce the prohibition against dogs running unleashed outside of the Dog Runs on Roosevelt Island. According to the 5/23 -23 Public Safety Report:

Unleashed Dog- In a soccer field. PSD responded and warned and admonished the dog walker who left with the dog.

Mr. Guerra has indicated that the Public Safety Department will respond to complaints about unleashed and uncurbed dogs. Unfortunately, by the time someone makes a complaint and Public Safety shows up, the dog and it's owner are often far away. But not in this reported case.

It has been suggested that just as parking tickets are issued for cars illegally parked on Roosevelt Island, tickets should also be issued for dogs running unleashed and uncurbed, not mere warnings to be ignored as soon as the Public Safety Officer leaves the area. Another resident suggested that plain clothes Public Safety Officers walk around the areas of Roosevelt Island where dogs are known to run unleashed such as in Southtown and ticket those owners and walkers allowing their dogs to run unleashed or not curbed. A few tickets issued with dollars coming out of their pockets might deter irresponsible dog owners from continuing to fail to clean up after their dogs and permitting them to run unleashed.

The problem is not with dogs but with their owners/walkers.

UPDATE 12:pm - From the 5/25 - 26 Public Safety Department Report:

Unleashed Dog- PSD summonses a male for unleashed dog rear of Gold Water Hospital.