Video captured a Ramapo, NY police officer saving a raccoon who got its head stuck in a can on Saturday.
The police department posted the cell phone video on their Facebook page.
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They say Detective Fitzgerald and Sgt. Lee were on bike patrol on Saturday when they spotted the raccoon in distress.
They had to chase the animal a few minutes before they finally caught it and freed it from the can.