Photo provided by Gus Calandrino
Police, licensed rehabber rescue injured owl in Utica
The Utica Police Department and Spirit Filled Wings Raptor Rehabilitation rescued an injured long-eared owl from near the Target on Hall Road May 5.
Photo provided by Linda Born
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UTICA The Utica Police Department recently rescued an injured long-eared owl from near the Target shopping center on Hall Road May 5.
The long-eared owl is a threatened species in Michigan.
Utica Mayor Gus Calandrino said the department was notified of an injured owl that day.
“Utica PD received a 911 call to rescue an owl at the Target center on Hall Road. Our officers responded and brought the bird back to our police facility, where it spent the night. We contacted Spirit Filled Wings Raptor Rehabilitation, and they took the owl into care that morning,” said Calandrino via email.
A pilot partnership between the Utica Police Department and the Neighborhood Center s Mobile Crisis Assessment Team to respond to mental health calls has officially launched.
Officials made the announcement Thursday morning at Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Park on South Street in Utica. Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri noted the park has been the site of several past mental health calls. It s always been more reactive than proactive, he said of law enforcement s response to such calls.
The year-long pilot program, which officially began April 26, tasks a Utica police officer and an MCAT social worker with responding to mental health calls.
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