{"id":442629,"date":"2026-09-21T04:58:50","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442629\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T04:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T04:58:50","slug":"el-paso-dog-finds-safety-by-jumping-into-police-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/442629\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso dog finds safety by jumping into police car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) &#8212; An Animal Protection officer with the City&#8217;s Animal Services Department got some unexpected help when a dog in need of rescue jumped into a police car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week, Animal Protection Officer Cobo teamed up with the El Paso Police to help a dog, who found himself in an unsafe situation and needed to be removed safely from the area.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ktsm_articles_153\/5253055fbe98f76a6844c707e161a7d3.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Photos courtesy of Animal Services Department<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While police officers were trying to catch the dog named Archer, he decided to make things easier and just jumped into one of the police cars, Animal Services said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officer Cobo then responded to help Archer get to somewhere safe, and once he was secured, Archer was scanned for a microchip.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Luckily, he had a microchip and because his information was registered, Animal Services were able to identify his owner and get in touch with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Before long, the dog and family were reunited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We&#8217;re grateful for our continued partnership with the El Paso Police Department and for Officer Cobo&#8217;s help in getting this pup safely out of harm&#8217;s way and back home,&#8221; Animal Services said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This was one of 670 calls Animal Protection officers were called out for this past week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Archer&#8217;s story is just more proof that microchips work. Keeping your pet&#8217;s microchip information up to date can make all the difference when they unexpectedly find themselves away from home,&#8221; Animal Services said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Animal Services offers free microchipping. You can <a data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/events.elpasotexas.gov\/index.php?departments[]=15&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawUdGklwZG9mAWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTRRVkJ0Z21XNlhkR0szNVRzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0JbmCbQPPCykxmKv8gbl8cnbE4x8j5G8DTjEbLr3w8-3xY5lqM8f6i8Ctps_aem_bn2DFkZai8XU1PqAZjU8tQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a> to find an upcoming event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) &#8212; An Animal Protection officer with the City&#8217;s Animal Services Department got some unexpected&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[94405,4503,153007,153010,2526,138,140,139,1785,2263,13885,153008,153009],"class_list":["post-442629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-animal-protection-officer","tag-animal-services","tag-animal-services-department","tag-cobo","tag-dog","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-police","tag-el-paso-police-department","tag-police-car","tag-the-city39s-animal-services-department","tag-unexpected-help"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}