On Mon, 26 Aug 2019 08:32:32 +0100, ARW
wrote:

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They didn't consider your dog sufficiently 'Under control', as stated
in the bylaws?

Something to that effect. But I was not having a park warden that had a
dog with him that was not on a lead tell me to put my dog on a lead.

Whilst that does sound a little hypocritical, 'he' was the person in
authority in that situation and knew (as much as anyone can) just how
'in control' his dog was, but didn't know anything about yours.

As a representative of the council / authority he probably had a duty
of care to ensure any dog owned by members of the public was on the
lead whereas his dog could have been council property and a tool of
his job?

It's therefore quite possible he has some sort of 'special
dispensation' to have his 'trained' dog off the lead when patrolling
the park.

OTOH, it could have just been his personal pet that he was taking
round the park at lockup time and had no more right to have his dog
off the lead than you with yours. ;-)

Today he would quite likely be wearing a bodycam and have a lone
worker recorder / alarm and had you attacked him, it would have all
been recorded.

Cheers, T i m