A hero police K-9 officer in Florida rescued a missing 3-year-old boy by picking up the child's scent from a blanket.
The DeLand Police Department said it happened Friday morning when they received a report of the missing boy around 11:30 a.m.
They started a massive search that focused on a wooded area behind the boy's home.
Using the boy's blanket, a K-9 named Midnight and his handler Corporal Clark searched through the woods. K-9 Midnight picked up the child's scent on a trail, leading them to the toddler.
The boy was found unharmed and returned safely to his family.
Officers gifted him with a DPD teddy bear, part of a recent donation to the department.
"Good work to all teams involved!" The department said in a Facebook post. "This is the outcome we hope for in these situations, a safe return!"
Police said that Midnight is trained to search narcotics and missing people and has been with the DeLand Police Department since 2022.
