A missing 85-year-old woman is now safe after a police dog tracked her down with the help of a police officer in Colorado on Saturday.
A missing 85-year-old woman is now safe after a police dog tracked her down with the help of a police officer in Colorado on Saturday.
In a video posted on social media by the Greenwood Village Police Department, Mercury the police dog is seen leading Officer Austin Speer to a grassy area where the 85-year-old was spotted clinging to a tree near a ravine.
"Hi, ma'am. This is a friendly dog. He found you. Isn't that good?," Speer tells the woman. "We're going to get you home, ok?"
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The 85-year-old woman was then returned safely to her family, police said.
Mercury joined Greenwood Village Police about a year and a half ago and is trained in searching and tracking missing persons, and in narcotic detection.
