Animal Welfare and the Law

The University Police Department will host a free training session for law enforcement, prosecutors, animal control personnel and animal welfare advocates from 8 a.m. to noon in The Station

Individuals may earn four hours of Police Officer Selection Test (POST) credit, which includes two hours of legal and two hours of technical training, or four hours toward the Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) requirement for Missouri Bar (MOBAR) credit.

HSMO presenters will provide law enforcement, prosecutors and animal welfare/animal control personnel with training that equips them with the tools needed for animal cruelty investigations. They will focus on the scope of the problems in enforcement of animal law, investigations, impoundment, euthanasia, animal behavior and abuse, and family violence.

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