DUNCANVILLE, Texas - A police officer in the Dallas suburb of Duncanville was honored for saving a child locked inside a hot car.The non-profit organization Safe Kids Greater Dallas honored Officer Christian Pinilla with a lifesaving award Monday.Body camera video from August shows him on the scene after someone called 911 to report seeing the baby alone in a car.Officer Pinilla broke into the car and pulled the crying baby out.
He put the infant in his squad car to cool off until an ambulance arrived.The baby was sweating and covered in vomit, police said.Advertisement“The Duncanville Police Department is thankful this incident did not result in a more tragic outcome as so many unfortunate incidents of children being left in hot vehicles.