Body camera footage showed Noe exiting the squad car to approach the young deer they encountered along a highway barrier wall near speeding traffic.
Noe reached down to grab the frightened fawn and offered the animal words of assurance as he placed it in the back seat of his vehicle.
"It's OK baby, it's OK," he said.
After securing the fawn on June 5, Noe said he took it to a nearby forest where he hoped it would reunite with its mother.
The police department encouraged members of the public to avoid contact with other young animals found alone, but said officers were particularly concerned for this fawn's safety.
"In most cases the mother is nearby and will round up her young fawn when conditions are right," police said. "In this particular case the fawn was on a controlled access highway and ... would not have survived if it had not been rescued."
