--- title: Cop Car Selfie With Dog by Bangor Maine Police Officer description: Bangor Police Department Facebook page posted a cop car selfie with dog that fled Humane Society canonical: https://time.com/4042586/bangor-police-department-cop-car-selfie-dog/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-21T15:34:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:24:58.938Z og:title: Cop Car Selfie With Dog by Bangor Maine Police Officer og:description: Bangor Police Department Facebook page posted a cop car selfie with dog that fled Humane Society og:url: https://time.com/4042586/bangor-police-department-cop-car-selfie-dog/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cop Car Selfie With Dog by Bangor Maine Police Officer twitter:description: Bangor Police Department Facebook page posted a cop car selfie with dog that fled Humane Society twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Police Officer Took the Cutest Selfie With a 'Fugitive'  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 21, 2015 3:34 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Sep 21, 2015 3:34 PM UTC A dog in Maine was barking up the wrong tree when he escaped from the Humane Society. The Bangor Police Department shared a selfie on social media taken by Officer Eddie Mercier that showed the dog, who had been found and captured, sitting in the backseat of a cop car and poking his head out the window. As the