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OFFICE OF THE SHERIFF Calls for dog bites 8< dogs off leash in
SANTA CLARA COUNTY Cupertino for 2008 to current.
SHERIFF LAURIE SMITH
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2/12/2008 4:16 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
2/28/2008 2:16 PM CU Dog Off Leash THREE OAKS PARK No Report
5/5/2008 6:46 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
5/26/2008 4:04 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
10/18/2008 9:18 PM CU Dog Off Leash WILSON PARK No Report
11/15/2008 3:35 PM CU Dog Off Leash HOOVER PARK No Report
11/15/2008 3:57 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
11/15/2008 4:13 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
,~~~~~~nnQ a~~n PM CU Doa Off Leash LINDA VISTA PARK Citation Issued
11120/2008 7:35 AM CU Dog Off Leash LINDA VISTA PARK No Report /Citation issuec
11/20/2008 4:52 PM CU Dog Off Leash WILSON PARK No Report
11121/2008 5:05 PM CU Dog Off Leash HOOVER PARK Citation Issued
11/22/2008 11:06 AM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
11/22/2008 3:48 PM CU Dog Off Leash THREE OAKS PARK No Report
11/23/2008 10:56 AM CU Dog Off Leash WILSON PARK No Report
11123/2008 2:22 PM CU Dog Off Leash WILSON PARK No Report
11/23/2008 3:30 PM CU Dog Off Leash LINDA VISTA PARK No Report
12111/2008 4:14 PM CU Dog Off Leash LINDA VISTA PARK No Report
12112!2008 4:19 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report/VNarning
12117/2008 4:45 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK Citation Issued
12/18/2008 4:20 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
12/20/2008 11:10 AM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
12/20/2008 4:10 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
12/21/2008 9:05 AM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK No Report
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12/23/2008 1:35 PM CU Dog Bite LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1/9/2009 4:14 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
1/10/2009 4:28 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
1/10/2009 4:34 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
1/10/2009 4:53 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
1/29/2009 2:37 PM CU Dog Bite RALYA COURT
2/27/2009 4:24 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
3/1112009 4:30 PM CU Dog Off Leash MEMORIAL PARK
4/3/2009 7:23 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
6/6/2009 7:40 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
6/7!2009 6:37 PM CU Dog Off Leash HOOVER PARK
6/8/2009 5:03 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
6/21/2009 5:45 PM CU Dog Off Leash JAMESTOWN DRIVE AT PROSPECT ROAD
7/9/2009 7:13 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
7/10/2009 6:58 PM CU Dog Off Leash JOLLYMAN PARK
7/2712009 4:10 PM CU Dog Bite ARATA WAY (Citizen taken to Hospital)
7130/2009 8:40 AM CU TWO Dog Bites CARMEN ROAD (Z Citizens were bitten.)
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Citizen's Arrest
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NEWTON
Neighbors growl about new dog park at
Cold Spring
Email~LinkJComments (20) Posted March 20, 2009 07.30 APA
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By Ben Terris, Globe Correspondent
Neighbors of Cold Spring Park, where a new off leash dog park began this week, are
vociferously voicing their opposition, suggesting the new policy will make an out-
of-control situation even worse.
One local resident, Eve Cohen said that dogs have always been a problem at the
park but it worsened last year when word spread the city was thinking about
allowing dogs off leash there. Anine-month off-leash policy limited to a designated
area officially went into effect Tuesday and Cohen and other neighbors are not
pleased.
"We are being invaded all unnecessarily and on the whim of a decision the city
made," said Cohen. She and others complain about a dramatic increase in traffic
and street parking at Cold Spring.
Lee McIntyre, a dog owner who helped spearhead the experiment, said the change
will benefit neighbors because off-leash doggy; will be limited to one area of the park.
But Cohen and others don't see it that way.
"Dogs are basically running wild around here," said neighbor Jose Saporta. "I have
had three come into my house, I have had others take over my backyard so that my
children are afraid to even go outside. Not oTily that, but this park has been drawing
people from all over, only making problems worse."
The dispute over off-leash dogs here reflects similar confrontations at Perrin Park
in Wellesley, and Cat Rock Park and the We:;ton Reservoir in Weston.
"None of the people who put this in motion leas had to deal with the impact that
this is having on our neighborhood," said Cohen. "Parking, congestion. Trash and
delivery trucks are not being able to get thro~ugh.....This is turning into afree-for-
all."
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McIntyre was at Cold Spring Park Tuesday sitting in a lawn chair beside a new sign
that read "Dogs must be leashed until you reach the off-leash area." He wanted to
make sure that all users of the park were aware of the new rules.
Since the off-leash area is in a trial period, McIntyre wanted to make some things
clear to dog owners, namely that the entire park is not off-leash, just one field, and
that cleaning up after your dog is a must.
"It took so long for us to get this park," said McIntyre, who, when not walking his
two German shepherds and golden retriever, is a writer, philosopher, and part-time
teacher at Simmons College. "I just want to make sure that people follow the rules
so we can keep it this way."
McIntyre is aware that neighbors are not happy with the new arrangement, but he
thinks it's an improvement.
"We have had an underground illegal dog park here for years," said McIntyre, who
estimated nearly 20o people bring their dogs to Cold Spring.
"But to have it be official will really benefit everyone, and not just dog owners. Sure,
the owners won't be getting fined for taking their dogs off their leashes, but people
without dogs will benefit, too. Now that there is an official place to bring dogs, a
place with a set of rules, it should really keep them from being places they shouldn't
be."
Mayor David Cohen said in a statement that he is "delighted that Cold Spring Park
is now open to dog owners as an off-leash park."
"The success of the trial depends in large part to users adherence to the
requirements that are posted on site," the mayor said.
For the past io years, the Board of Alderman has been discussing the possibility of
off-leash sites for dogs. Alderwoman Susan Albright chaired the task force charged
with tackling the issue. To her, the creation of off-leash sites was more than just
about giving dogs their freedom.
"The task force is on a path which is really a social experiment," Albright said. "Can
we change behavior in Newton? Can we get folks who have not been obeying the
law to come forward and establish legal dog parks? Can we satisfy the neighbors
near these parks that this is in their best interest? Can we satisfy the stewards of the
land, i.e., the Parks and Recreation
Commission and the Conservation Commission, that establishing legal parks are
ultimately good for the land?"
With these thoughts in mind, the Board of Aldermen voted to allow dogs to be off-
leash in "designated areas" in 200.
At that time, no such places existed. So McIntyre and some of his fellow dog
walkers, who dubbed themselves Friends of ~~old Spring Dog Park, began a
campaign to make their park an off-leash site.
By July of last year the Parks and Recreation. Commission allowed a field in Cold
Spring Park to be a designated off-leash site as long as there were appropriate
signs. McIntyre and others raised money to ~~ay for the signs, which were put up
Tuesday, making the place official for the tri;~l period.
McIntyre admits that dog owners benefit from the dog park.
"What we really have here is the new town square," he said. "It's the most social
place around. We come to talk politics, movies, and even network."
But neighbors are not pleased with the change.
"I have no issue with letting [dogs] run arou~id the meadow," said Saporta. "It's the
utter disregard for the rules regarding where they need to be on leash.
"Most people just open their car door and let: the dogs run free. I had a dog wander
into my house, and when I called the police, the dog owner came into my house
angry that I wouldn't give his dog back."
Ann Stock, another neighbor, said she has o`vned a dog for ~~ years and volunteers
at an animal shelter but thinks the situation at the park is out of control.
"I think everyone should have the right to run in the park without being jumped on
by a dog," she said.
"The major issue here is that those who have campaigned to make this park a dog
park don't even live around here," she said. "I walk my own dog in the park at least
once a day, and I will tell you that there is nc~t one person whose property abuts this
property, dog owner or not, who was in favor of this. We used to be able to say that
we lived on a quiet street, but we can't say that anymore."