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3. Liehts out <br />Lights out is at 10:00 pm. Most shelter guests will be ready for bed by this time. <br />Guests may have personal radios or televisions, if headphones are used these items <br />can stay turned on. <br />Remember, this is not "bedtime." lt is simply a set time to turn off the lights and noise, <br />so people have a chance to sleep. lt allows the opportunity for a full 8 hours of sleep. <br />lf a guest leaves the shelter after lights out, they are not permitted back in until 6pm <br />the following day if the shelter is still active. <br />When the lights go out, the site is secured. Again, no guest may check in after 8pm <br />unless escorted by a police officer or sent from the hospital. All local police <br />departments will have prior knowledge of the shelter and will provide added drive by <br />checks to ensure shelter safety. While they may not stop and come into the shelter, <br />rest assured that they are patrolling in the area to help keep an eye on things. <br />4. Service Animals <br />As defined by RCW 7O.84.O2I, "service animal" means an animal that is trained for the <br />purposes of assisting or accommodating a disabled person's sensory, mental, or <br />physical disability. Service animals are welcome at the shelter. <br />The Washington Law Against Discrimination (WLAD) clearly defines a service animal as <br />being "trained". Training itself is not defined, and there is no requirement that the <br />animal have a certain type of training, that the animal be certified, or that it be trained <br />by a person or by a person having certification. Court cases have determined that the <br />training needs to be more than obedience training or positive reinforcement that are <br />given to family pets. A service animal must have training that sets it apart from a <br />family pet; the service animal must be trained to engage in specific actions or tasks to <br />assist its handler with a disability. (Washington State Human Rights Commission,2Ol3) <br />This training requirement often eliminates "emotional support animals", "therapy <br />dogs", and "comfort animals" from the definition of service animal' Before <br />determining that an animalfalls into one of these categories and excluding the animal, <br />an inquiry should be made into what the animal is trained to do. <br />Questions you may ask