Tire Change Part Of Glastonbury Cop's Weekend Shift

GLASTONBURY, CT — Glastonbury canine officer Neal Cavanagh had a brief stint as a mechanic over the weekend.

He was on patrol Saturday evening when he came across an elderly driver stuck with a flat tire.

Cavanagh then decided to change it himself.

In Facebook and Twtter posts post Saturday night, Glastonbury police quipped, "Police officers can wear many hats in one shift: law enforcer, social worker, medic, and sometimes...even a mechanic, as Ofc. Cavanaugh found out tonight when he changed an elderly citizen’s tire."

Police dog Soleil was well-behaved during the tire change.

Four days earlier, a traffic incident was much different. Soleil assisted GPD officers in locating narcotics in a vehicle that had been stopped for a violation on Griswold Street.

Several packages of heroin and crack cocaine were found during a search of the vehicle, police said. The driver was issued a misdemeanor summons for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.