ROSS TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania — Ross Township police turned a routine animal call into a small community rescue after a fawn became trapped between a fence and the exterior of North Hills Senior High School, according to TribLive.

TribLive reported that Sgt. Peter Chuberko and Officer Nathan Roy were sent to the school on Monday morning after the young deer was found stuck along the building. The outlet said the officers tried to use a snare that they carry on patrol, but the frightened fawn ran back and forth and could not clear the high fence.

Bodycam showed Officer Roy scooping up the fawn

The rescue was captured on Chuberko’s body camera and posted by the Ross Township Police Department. TribLive said the video showed the fawn running toward Roy, who scooped it up in one motion and cradled it with one arm as he walked.

The department joked in its Facebook post that Roy showed the “agility, sharp reflexes, and fearlessness of a FIFA World Cup Goaltender with this save,” according to TribLive. Chuberko told the outlet, “He’s the one that deserves the credit. He’s the one that caught the deer.”

Police said unusual animal calls are part of the job

TribLive reported that the police video had more than 25,000 views by Tuesday afternoon. The story also noted that Chuberko can be heard on the video saying, “Nathan, you’re the man!”

Ross police Deputy Chief Brian Kohlhepp told TribLive that calls like this are not unusual for officers. “We encounter many different situations outside of the usual,” Kohlhepp said, according to the outlet. “We’re happy that our officer was able to do so well in a situation that’s more difficult and complex than it looks.”

For Support Law Enforcement readers, the Ross Township fawn rescue is a low-drama reminder that patrol work is not only arrests, crashes, and emergencies. Sometimes it is a bodycam moment where two officers, a school fence, and a scared baby deer turn into a community story worth smiling about.

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Editorial note: ThinBlueNews relied on local/source-backed reporting, used a real police bodycam/source still with attribution, and did not add unverified details about the fawn’s condition after release. No fake AI animal-rescue imagery, paid promotion, DMs or outbound messages were used.