Consalvo was the author of Boston's pit bull-specific laws that being overrode by a state animal welfare law starting in November.
Anyone has the right to own a pet. But everyone has the right to be protected from other people’s pets - especially when what should be “Man’s Best Friend” turns into “Public Enemy Number One.” In the City of Boston, we continue to have problems with vicious pit bulls wreaking havoc on our city streets. Most recently, in a scene that has replayed itself over and over in every Boston neighborhood, two pit bulls went on a rampage in East Boston that only ended when a police officer had to discharge his weapon on a public street to stop the attacks. Every year data collected from the city’s animal control department consistently shows that pit bulls attack both humans and other dogs at a far greater rate than any other breed. The statistics …
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Police and firefighters would be relayed vital personal information about people during an emergency situation.
A firefighter, police, or person in need of rescue could be saved, if emergency responders know vital information about the people they're rescuing. Boston emergency response leaders continued the conversation of creating a citywide "individual needs" registry that would relay vital personal info during a rescue to firefighters and police. Last Thursday, District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo led a Boston City Council hearing with testimony from Boston Emergency Medical Services, Police, and Fire leaders. Members of the Boston Center for Independent Living and Family Autism Center also spoke. Autistic Children Sometimes Resist Rescue There have been examples of autistic children not cooperating with rescuers, according to Westwood Fire …
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The Boston City Council mulled a plan to create a volunteer registry of autistic residents, which first responders could use to help rescue special needs residents during a fire.
Boston City Councilor Rob Consalvo proposed creating a voluntary registry that would help identify individuals with special needs to public safety workers in a rescue situation. Consalvo made the proposal at Wednesday's City Council meeting. Consalvo said he's working with Bill Cannata on the issue. Cannata is the statewide coordinator for the Autism & Law Enforcement Coalition of the Family Autism Center. Cannata, a Westwood firefighter, was featured in a "Today Show" segment about rescue workers saving kids with special needs. Consalvo recounted a story Cannata told him that emphasized why rescue respondents need training on how to work with special needs individuals. "An 18- or 19-year-old autistic person was told by his parents to …
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City Council passed a resolution calling for a "three strikes" bill working its way through the legislature to let judges keep control over sentencing, among other recommendations.
Boston City Council weighed in on the "Three Strikes" bill working through Beacon Hill, calling for it to let judges keep control over sentencing, among other recommendations. The resolution passed Wednesday does not couch the councilors as outright opponents of a habitual offender law, as some councilors sought to do previously. Instead, the resolution calls for state legislators to keep in mind several requests as they craft a final bill. Such laws create life sentences for people convicted of three violent felonies. Councilors called on the state not to pass any "Three Strikes" law until a study is made of the economic and social impacts on cities and towns. Councilors Ayanna Pressley and Charles Yancey hammered out the revised …
10:17 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
The City Council resolution urges that the habitual offender Bill be limited only to crimes in which actual "physical injury" results. This would exempt crimes like attempted murder, armed robbery, home invasion, carjacking, child pornography, arson, kidnapping, and many others if actual physical injury does not result in a given instance. The resolution opposes any expansion of mandatory … more ›
Juli H.
11:02 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Furthermore, the way to protect people and other dogs is to enforce the laws we already have, and educate people (especially kids) about what it means to be kind and compassionate to animals. If anyone is interested in more information, www.animalfarmfoundation.org and www.mspca.org are great resources. Thanks. more ›