Kansas Officer Rescues 4-year-old from Pond

Officer says he was in the right place at the right time.

The Topeka Police Department in Kansas, released a body cam footage of the officer who jumped into a pond Monday to save an autistic 4-year-old child

The video footage Shows the Officer Aaron Bulmer searching for some people who involved in a fight in the area around SW 16th Street and SW Clay Street around 11:30 Sunday morning.

He spots the child next to the Central Park Community Center pond. As he gets out of his cruiser to talk to him, the kid slips in. Bulmer doesn't hesitate. He races over, jumps in, and pulls the child back to solid ground.

Emergency crews arrived at the scene and took the child to a local hospital to be checked out. The kid was then reunited with a parent who had been out searching for them at the time.

Police noted they later learned the child had been diagnosed with autism, adding that many children with autism are drawn to water.