Video Of Child Alone And Standing In Police Car Creating Stir

Two people recorded and reported the situation

A video of child in a front seat of a Madison police vehicle is creating a stir on social media.

WHAS TV reported on the video last night.

Two people recorded a video, showing a child who appears to be left alone in a police car and standing in the front seat.

The video shows the officer outside of the vehicle addressing a situation along Clifty Drive on Saturday around 1pm.

The assistant chief of Madison Police Department, Ben McKay, told WHAS, incidents like this are taken very seriously and they are looking into the situation.

The video is available at:  WHAS TV Report On Video

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