Officers try to contain an uncooperative goat along a busy stretch of highway. The adventure was captured on body-worn video, which the department has now released.Screenshot of Akron Police Department video
An unclaimed goat in Akron, Ohio, has now been given a home and named “Fugitive” after darting in and out of traffic in an attempt to evade police in a foot, or maybe hoof, chase recently.
The Akron Police Department released a video this week of officers running behind the goat last Friday night on a busy stretch of highway in an attempt to take it into custody and prevent it from being struck by oncoming traffic.
The video shows officers arriving on the scene and walking beside the concrete median wall, snapping fingers and whistling for the goat.
But, once approached by officers, the goat ran.
Officers chased and closed the gap as one chuckled on camera.
The video shows the goat darting into the middle of oncoming traffic, narrowly missing being struck before returning to the relatively safe area near the median wall.
“Come here,” one officer tells the goat.
The goat did not comply with the officer's commands, and again tried to flee, this time crossing three lanes of traffic.
“Come here. Come here. Come here,” the officer again commanded the somewhat stubborn subject.
This time, the goat crossed the road and briefly rejoined the officers against the median wall. The video continues to show officers’ attempts to lure and/or contain the goat.
Finally, the goat runs across the traffic again and heads up a hill, but a pursuing officer takes it down.
The department’s social media post said the officers were able to wrangle the goat into their cruiser. Then, a local rescue group picked the goat up and took her to a farm. They have named her Fugitive.
The local animal rescue organization took the goat to a farm, where she has been named Fugitive.Akron Police Department
