Eden Prairie Police Department Community Service Officer Spencer Barrie was called to rescue a nearly 40-pound turtle just a month after joining the department. Another officer spotted the turtle attempting to cross a highway and called Barrie, who gently lifted the turtle into a truck and relocated.
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Another officer originally saw the two-foot long, 30-40 pound turtle crossing the highway and called Barrie, who joined the police force last month, for assistance.
Barrie arrived at the scene and carefully picked up the turtle and loaded it into a truck in order to relocate it.
"When Spencer Barrie started working as an EPPD Community Service Officer last month, he probably anticipated helping officers with traffic direction, finding stray dogs and answering questions from residents at the EPPD's front desk," the department wrote. "He probably did not think he would need to rescue a huge turtle from the middle of Hwy. 212."
