In a scene out of a Disney movie, a dog and a deer were seen wandering the streets of an Iowa town together.
The adorable dynamic duo was spotted on Wednesday taking a stroll seemingly without a care through the streets of Tipton, a small town of roughly 3,000 people about 40 miles northwest of Davenport.
“Sometimes a dog just wants to take his deer for a walk,” the Tipton Police Department quipped on its Facebook page.
The unlikely pair were spotted walking around Tipton, Iowa on Wednesday. ABC 9
The post included a photo of the two pals walking along the sidewalk side-by-side. The dog, which appears to be a large golden retriever, looks back in one photo at the police officer creeping up behind them.
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The deer even looked like it might be window shopping in one picture, a user commented.
The dog and deer took a stroll through the town before they were eventually captured by police. ABC 9The dog and deer’s walk ended in the back of a police car. ABC 9
Another image shows the deer walking across a lawn towards the dog, who had stopped for a rest on the grass.
But the unlikely pair’s day out on the town ended soon afterwards. About an hour later, Tipton police posted an update with the animals loaded up in police cruisers after they were rounded up.
“All good walks must come to an end. The pair was too close to traffic,” police said.
“The dog is clearly remorseful but the deer was muttering something about breaking free and doing it all again tomorrow,” the department joked.
IOWA GREAT LAKES (KTIV) – Much of Northwest Iowa is made up of smaller, rural communities. Many of those came together to create a SWAT unit, in a partnership that’s lasted decades.
The High-Risk Entry and Arrest Team, or HEAT, is made up of law enforcement officers from 28 agencies, including 11 sheriff’s offices and 17 police departments. The team covers nearly 6,500 square miles across 12 counties in northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota, serving nearly 132,000 people. Averaging between 6 and 12 calls per year, the team is called in whenever necessary.
The High Risk Entry and Arrest Team, or HEAT, is made up of law enforcement officers from 28 agencies, including 11 sheriff’s offices and 17 police departments.(KTIV)
It’s a partnership that was created in the 90s to ensure no matter the incident, trained and skilled officers would be ready to serve at a moments notice.
“The chiefs and sheriffs of the region got together and knew that they couldn’t support a tactical team on their own,” said HEAT Commander Todd Schillinger, also an officer with the Arnolds Park Police Department. “So they pooled their resources, which was a great idea. And that just happened to happen in northwest Iowa, Southwest Minnesota. You get across that state lines, but all those things were taken care of back in the late 90s. The team went operational in 1999. And we’ve been going and growing since then.”
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Schillinger helps coordinate coverage when a department needs the assistance on a call.
“They can range from high-risk arrest warrants to barricaded suspects, high-risk drug warrants, anything that the agencies aren’t either equipped or have the manpower or the training for, we act as that support unit,” he explained. “Without that, without that support team, I don’t know. You just couldn’t pull that many trained people in with specialty equipment with the smaller departments.”
Schillinger says having a close relationship with so many different agencies in the region has been a big benefit for not only the fellow officers, but their communities as well.
On this week’s podcast, Iowa’s Attorney General in the Big Apple, government transparency advocates warn the governor about a bill on her desk, and early voting is underway in Iowa’s June 4 primary.
This episode was hosted by the Gazette Des Moines Bureau Chief Erin Murphy. It features Gazette Deputy Bureau Chief Tom Barton, Lee Des Moines Bureau Chief Caleb McCullough, Sarah Watson of The Quad City Times, Jared McNett of the Sioux City Journal and Gazette columnist Todd Dorman.
This episode was produced by Bailey Cichon. Intro music is “Chillin’ with Jeris” by Copperhead. Outro music is “Free” by Tone Da Boss.
