VIDEO: Officer's Body Cam Captures Altercation Between Officer and Mother of Missing Boy

By BEA KARNES (Patch Staff)

Fairfield Police have released video recorded on an officer’s body camera the morning an 8-year-old boy was reported missing. The mother reported that her car was stolen from her driveway with her sleeping son in the back seat. The car had been left running to warm up. Police issued an Amber Alert and later safely recovered the child.

The responding officer asked to search the family’s home, which is standard procedure when a child is reported missing--search the immediate area. There’s a possibility the child could have gotten out of the car and gone back inside the home before it was taken. The officer is heard saying, “The first thing you do any time you’re looking for anyone missing is you start where they last were and check there first. Every agency does that, that’s what we’re trying to do.”

The mother vehemently refused to allow the officer inside her home.

The family is threatening to sue the police department.

Take a look at the video and tell us in comments below what you think. Was the officer’s actions justified.

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Earlier Patch Coverage of the Missing Boy:

• LISTEN: Police Release 911 Call From Abducted Child’s Mom, Holding ‘Person Of Interest’
• BREAKING: Amber Alert For Missing Boy In Stolen Toyota Corolla