American Flag Ettiquette... in Burbank, CA...

So I'm stuck in traffic on San Fernando Rd. during rush hour and I take a look around and notice someone lowering the US and State flag located in front of Burbank's Animal Shelter. I remember lowering the flag down a couple times myself in elementary school but the one thing I remembered was that the flag should never touch the ground or anything close to it. I googled around and found this:

Text from the United States Flag Code in Title 4; Chapter1; Section 8(b):

(b) The flag should never touch anything beneath it, such as the
ground, the floor, water, or merchandise.

Well... not to this Burbank Animal Control Officer.



Well... I can't read the words on his uniform so I'm assuming he's an animal control officer. I don't know. This just bothered me to see the flag just being laid there... all rolled up and stuff like a blanket. Oh... traffic is moving.