Offered the opportunity to respond to the above letter, Lamesa Police Chief Josh Peterson provided the following. Editor, Since my appointment as Chief of Police, the Lamesa Police Department has been battling the dog problem in town. Due to numerous reasons, it has been difficult to keep Officers, especially an Animal Control Officer, employed. This has been an issue that we have been working on and I am happy to say we have finally been making progress on. Lamesa’s Animal Shelter has historically, and still is labeled as a “kill shelter”. However, due to our recent partnering with Lamesa Adoptable Pets we have ...