I mean, yes, they are clearly individually bad, people making bad choices because they do not value the life of a dog above any risk to themselves or even fairly minor inconvenience.

At the same time, this is a bad job. Not a bad job to have, a bad job for society to make. There should not be cops. Cops are way to mixed as a profession.

Investigators of crimes? That is a reasonable job.

Dispute resolution specialists? Sure.

Someone to step between people having a domestic altercation? Yes, of course.

But just like you wouldn't want an emergency room doctor to also be a mortician you shouldn't want the traffic enforcement person to be the one to deal with a mental health crisis. The role has grown too large and cannot reasonably be performed well. It needs to be divided.