Services We Provide
Neighborhood Field Visits
The County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control (DACC) employs sworn animal control officers who work within, and serve as a key component, of the community’s public safety program. Our animal control officers answer requests for service and patrol neighborhoods seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
Dispatched and monitored via the Department’s Communications Center, DACC’s robust and professional team of animal control officers handle a myriad of field services calls each day. The following are the most common field service duties of your animal control officer team:
Animal Control Officer Service Duties:
- Protecting communities from dangerous animals
- Rescuing sick or injured animals
- Rescuing stray dogs
- Investigating animal cruelty, abuse, neglect, and illegal animal fighting
- Assisting city and county agencies
- Assisting local law enforcement
- Removing deceased animals from public areas
- Enforcing local and state animal ordinances
- Reuniting lost pets with their owners
Please submit a Service Request if you have an animal-related issue or concern requiring field response from a DACC animal control officer.
