Watch the bodycam footage, courtesy Michigan State Police, within the participant above.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A Michigan State Police trooper and his Ok-9 discovered a lacking teen Monday after a 4-mile trek.
The 15-year-old had been lacking since Thursday, when she was seen leaving her Wexford County faculty, MSP stated. Troopers say the teenager had run away from those that tried to contact her.
On Monday, the teenager was noticed within the woods. The Ok-9 and its handler tracked the teenager by “thick terrain” for about 4 miles, MSP Seventh District, which covers the northern a part of the decrease peninsula, stated in a social media put up.
Bodycam footage posted by MSP exhibits the second the trooper discovered the lacking teen.
“I’ve got her,” the trooper says over the radio after approaching the teenager.
After greeting the teenager, he invitations her to pet the Ok-9.
“You want to say hi to him?” he asks. “He’s friendly. You can pet him — just don’t take his ball.”
The trooper then introduced her again to a patrol car, MSP says.
“That’s a good boy Ox!” the MSP Second District stated in a social media put up.
