Animal Control Unit
The City of Troy employs one full time Animal Control Officer (ACO), and two Police Service Aides (PSA) who are trained in animal control duties. If you need their assistance/advice, call us at 248-524-3477.
What the Troy Police Department's Animal Control Officer can do for you:
The Troy Police Department's Animal Control Officer and Police Sercive Aides have numerous responsibilities. They:
patrol city streets for strays and potentially vicious dogs track and return lost animals inspect city pet shops care for injured animals, and dispose of animals that have been killed on city streets.
They are responsible for enforcing all of the City of Troy's ordinances that apply to animal control. Additionally, they perform motorist assists, and enforce city parking ordinances.
The Animal Control Officer can provide helpful tips to our residents that can prevent the city's wildlife from becoming pests.
What the Troy Police Department's Animal Control Officer can do for you if wildlife becomes destructive pests:
Occasionally wildlife animals become destructive pests. The City of Troy Police Department has developed a policy consistent with the Department of Natural Resources Regulations which permits the Animal Control Officer and trained Police Service Aides to trap destructive wildlife. It is the responsibility of Animal Control Officer to assess each trap request to determine if the request falls within the department's guidelines.
The Animal Control Officer will trap wildlife if they fall within the following guidelines:
- The animal is sick, injured, or has bitten or attacked a person or other animal. (This is the only reason departmental traps will be used to trap skunks.)
- The animal has invaded a structure inhabited by humans, including garages whether detached or not.
- The animal is living under some portion of the house such as a porch or deck.
- The animal is causing damage to any of the above mentioned structures.
The Animal Control Officer may deny a citizen the use of a city owned trap when there is insufficient need or if the person requesting the trap has created an "attractive nuisance" by providing a food source.
The City of Troy Animal Control Officer will not pick up animals trapped by citizens using anything other than city owned traps. Without proper permits from the Department of Natural Resources, citizens may very well be in violation of State Laws. The Animal Control Officer is responsible for all city traps and will deliver them between Monday and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
 Effective May 4, 2008 the City of Troy will no longer provide skunk removal services. If citizens have a routine skunk issue they should contact a licensed private contractor of their choosing and the citizen will be responsible for any cost incurred.
The Police Departments Animal Care and Control Personnel will respond to calls for service only if the skunk is in a house, is sick, injured, and/or aggressive.
Citizens are cautioned to never attempt to trap skunks or other animals themselves. Handling of wild animals requires not only state certification, but extensive training and safety equipment.
  Living With Your Wildlife Neighbors (file size 74k)
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