When Cops Save Babies From Hot Cars

It's shocking to think anyone would leave babies or pets in hot cars. But it happens far too often. In this video, we're diving into incredible stories where heroes in uniforms save the day. Watch these heroic rescues unfold and prepare to be amazed. Our first case takes place in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States, August 31st. Back in 2020, a patrolling officer was flagged down by a shopper who reported that a baby had been left in the back seat of a car parked at Walmart on Warrensville Center Road. After checking the car plates, dispatch found that the SUV belonged to a 58-year-old man from East Cleveland. But he was nowhere to be found. The cops were under pressure because the temperature inside a car can skyrocket by 20 degrees in just 10 minutes. And that's dangerous, especially for a baby. So the officer and his partner wasted no time and got straight to work figuring out how to get into the locked SUV. By now, more than 20 minutes had passed with the baby locked in the car and the temperature had soared well above 75 degrees. The reality is that no temperature or time limit can completely eliminate the risk of a child dying in a hot car. Something had to be done immediately, and the officers couldn't afford to wait any longer. Breaking the window glass isn't always the best option. There's always a risk of the glass hitting the baby and causing more injuries. So the cops decided on a safer approach by creating an opening on the door to unlock it with a hook. It's much safer this way. Then the officers would have no choice. Land might have to go for breaking the window. As a last resort, the baby was losing consciousness and appeared to have passed out from heat exhaustion. Now it was a race against time between life and death. And the officers were just inches away from unlocking the car door. One officer focused on opening the driver's side, while the other worked on the front passenger door, urgently trying to reach the child in time. The baby was safe, but now, they needed to have her checked by an EMT to ensure she was breathing okay. Officers found the baby drenched in sweat, but overall she was safe. You see, there are all types of people in the world. On one hand, we have a parent who left their own child to die in a hot car. Doesn't matter if it was intentional or if he was simply too stupid to care. On the other hand, we have a complete stranger approaching the cops, offering help or food for the baby. Later on, a witness submitted a written statement saying that when he pulled up, the infant child was in the car, and when he came back out 10 minutes later, the child was still in the car. Soon after, the father was arrested and charged with endangering children. Hopefully this experience will teach him something. But before we move on, please take a second to hit that like button. Now, on to the next case, still in Euclid, Ohio, where this time, caused an infant to become trapped inside a hot car. According to the report, the car's doors locked with the key inside just as she got out. The problem? A two-month-old infant by the name of Sanaya was inside. How long has the baby been in the car? How long? Break it. Break it? It can get over 100 degrees in that car in a very short amount of time. You got the wedge? As more officers arrive at the scene with more lockpicking tools, the available help increases, but so too does the pressure. An infant is more prone to heat stroke than an adult, and as you might imagine, it's fatal for such a young child. Get the FD. Jason. I can't see. Just press it. It's not opening. You can see the panic setting in on the scene with the mother, Nikki reported to have said later. It felt like my life was about to end. Imagine watching your child fade away because of depression. You got an F? I hit the unlock twice. I hit it twice. Can everybody back up, please? The Euclid officers are hard at work, but that door will not open. It almost looks like the car is holding that child hostage. By now, the temperature outside was around 85 degrees, and by the time the officers arrived, it was around 104 degrees inside the vehicle. Someone has to make a call fast. I'm not doing this all day with the baby in the car. Hold on. 82 to 291. Just so you know, we're going to bust out this one. I know the baby's been here too long. He's sweating. I've tried the unlock attempt. It's not working. The button's not working. Yeah. Swing it. 291. Hey, Jason. Wait here. We have an ambulance coming. Yes. Does she feel good? This side. This side. She's crying. She's crying. Can you just hold her on your shoulder? I'm going to put this on her neck. Can you get her bottle? She's getting up a little bit. I know. I'm not half as concerned about her. These cops must have felt like Superman just another day, saving one life at a time. Baby Samaya has been rescued, thanks to the Euclid police once again. You can see the relief on everyone's faces as the child is returned to the mother's arms. Is it cold? Hey, baby. We're definitely going to let the paramedics look at her, just to make sure she's not dehydrated. That car was extremely hot when I opened it up. Go ahead and put that in there. Look at that. She is a good girl. Can you get the plate? Yeah, I got my med pack here. The officers are insisting on the baby being checked by paramedics, which is a great call for sure. Just like in our last case, baby Samaya is sweating, and the officer can feel that she is overheated. Fortunately, they had a bottle of frozen bottle to help cool her down. We're glad that the baby was safe, and that it wasn't due to negligence, but rather an unfortunate event. But that's not the case in this next one. Meet Officer Eustace and his trainee, Officer Rama. These two officers are part of the Cobb County PD, and they received a call to check out a call of unattended children running around the neighborhood, chasing dogs on Perch Drive and Marietta. Little did they know that they were in for quite a surprise. Radio know what you got. 2311, we're at the residence, and there's a child alone in the vehicle. Put the windows up. And it's locked. 311, the vehicle's off, and it's locked. Knock on the door. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found that there was a 4-year-old child locked in one of the cars parked outside. A sense of urgency immediately kicks in as they address dispatch and report their findings. Officer Eustace instructs Officer Rama to knock on the door. Will the parents answer? And the child's crying. It's Code 4 with Sarge. We'll break the window out. Do you want to lock the door? There's no answer, and there seems to be no one at home. With temperatures approximating 83 degrees outside and no accurate gauge to know how long the child has been locked inside, there is no time to dilly-dally. The officers know this and know exactly what to do. Hulk smash. Ready to break it? Hey, back up. Back up, buddy. Go to the back. Go to the back of the car. Go to the back. Come back here. Watch out. You got a window breaker on you? Watch your feet. Hold on, buddy. What's going on? The car's broken. The kid was more worried about the window, as if he was the one making car payments. Or maybe he was just afraid of parental consequences. Either way, it's lucky he was rescued quickly. But who was stupid enough to lock this kid in there in the first place? Well, that would be Charles Cook, the boyfriend of the child's mother. This guy was arrested shortly after and was charged with two counts of child cruelty. I say good riddance. Such dumb neglect is disgusting. Let's move on to another rescue. It's okay. It's okay. We are here in the Dallas suburb of Duncanville, where Officer Penilla is on the scene responding to a 911 call that reported a lone baby in a parked car. With the officer noticing that the child was already covered in sweat and vomit, both signs of overheating, he leaps into action immediately. Yeah. It's okay. It's okay. I know. I know. I know. What is it? What is it? I know. I'm sorry. I know. Okay. Um, if y'all can try to make contact with the parent or something in there, I don't know. What is it? I know. What's the matter? I know. I'm sorry. I know. I'm sorry. Quick and effective with no hesitation in mind, the baby was saved just in the nick of time. Police reported that there was a miscommunication between the baby's mother, grandmother, and two older siblings about who was supposed to be taking care of the nearly one-year-old. It's no surprise that the case was reported to Child Protective Services and a Dallas County grand jury. As for the officer, he was awarded a life-saving award by Safe Kids Greater Dallas. Moving on, this next case is another case of accidental locking where a child was locked inside the car. This situation required maximum cooperation as it saw both the Flower Mound firefighters and police officers coming together for the rescue. Forty-five seconds. My gloves in the backseat. They're on my vest. Do you see them hanging on my vest? One minute. Both some firefighters trying to jam the window open and other cops keeping a timer, the race against time is on. The reports from this day show the heat at 107 degrees, so you can understand the urgency of the clock. Handle. 15 seconds and we break glass. You got it, Lord? Let's take glass. We're going to take glass. The original attempt was to pick the lock, but that is clearly not working out and with temperatures in the car rising, it's time for a change of tactics, don't you agree? The officers clearly do. Watch your eyes. You can never go wrong with a good window smash, ladies and gentlemen, and with that, we have another successful rescue on our hands. The infant was then taken to an ambulance to cool off and to be evaluated, and all was found okay. Just so you can understand the toll such cases have, let's move on to our next case that's full of child neglect. Back in 2020, 26-year-old Brittany Guerrere was charged with two counts of child neglect after she left her very young children inside a car in a Walmart parking lot. No, they're only supposed to report a party. Okay. They're actually players. I got you. Go ahead, why don't you go inside and get them to do the PA or something. Okay. He had the phone, I don't know, but we're going to contact the label that says babe on it, so I don't know if it's dad or his mom. Okay. Well... How long, what time did you guys, you know what time you guys got here? Yeah, I mean, I called. We were loading groceries and the little boy kept opening, or screaming, and screaming, so I'm like, okay, well, maybe, like, he's just fighting with his mom, and then I heard him scream for mommy, so I had him walk over here, and we're like... So I called 9-1-1 at 3-46. Okay. And I mean, we loaded our groceries and everything before that. Okay. And he opened up his door and was screaming. Hey, buddy, it's okay. Hey, who's here? Is your mommy inside or daddy? My mommy. Your mommy? What's her name? Do you know? You know her first name? What is it? Brittany. Brittany? Okay. You're okay, buddy. Hey, it's... His mom's name is Brittany. Is that the R-O? No, actually, it's not. I already looked at it. No, it's like an O. Oriel. You're okay, Matt? Hey, it's okay. We're gonna go get her, okay? Alright. After the police arrived at the scene, they realized that there was indeed a one-year-old and a four-year-old in the running car, with the mother having been absent for around 30 minutes. To make matters worse, it was close to a busy highway. Brittany? Is this your car with your kids inside of it? Alright. Well, we're gonna need some information from you. You can't leave children inside of a running vehicle for any amount of time, let alone, even if they're okay, the child has to be over seven, and they have to have a means of communication, which your son does not know how to call you. I can guarantee you that. I have children, okay? So, one, the vehicle can't be running at any point in time with children inside of it, and you can't leave children unattended inside a vehicle for any length of time. Can I go home? Yeah, you can go talk to them, but we need your license and, uh, you got your license with you? Yeah, yeah. He was opening the door yelling at people, I need my mommy. How long were you in the store for? We've been here for 15 minutes. Not that long. More than 15 minutes. Well, despite the cop not being fully spot on with his knowledge of the law, there was still room for his concerns to be valid. The law states that a child can be left unattended in a car, so long as one is six years old, and the duration does not exceed 15 minutes. Unfortunately for Mrs. Guerrero... Maybe I'll have her walk over here so we can put her handcuffs in front of the kids? Yeah, get a kid. Okay. Do you want to just get her over there first, real quick? Or me? Uh, just get her over the phone. Okay. Hey, can you come here real quick? So, I need a phone number for a good family member. A father? Yeah, is he nearby? No. Why? Because we've got to contact him. He's got to pick the kids up. Okay? Alright? So, I want you to step over here a little bit farther, away from the kids. Alright? Can I see that drink for me? Alright. Go ahead and turn around. Turn around. You are under arrest. Turn around. I'm going to walk over to my car so the kids don't see this, okay? Go ahead and walk. Alright, go ahead and lean against this car. I'm going to fix these handcuffs, okay? And the chain jail is on. The cop explains what I've been saying about the severity of Bittany's children. Given their ages and the location of the car, plus the duration of absenteeism, the officer was well within his rights to arrest Mrs. Guerrere. So, I'm going to tell you why you're being arrested, okay? It's two counts of child neglect, okay? We're near a busy intersection at a busy store. A child opened up the door and was screaming for help. Anybody could have walked over there and gotten the vehicle with them, okay? You have a one-year-old that is not able to care for itself. A four-year-old that can barely operate a phone, let alone be able to call you or 911 if something were to happen. You understand? Okay. What's a good phone number for the dad? Oh my God. Oh! Okay. That's okay. He's going to have to. Oh! Oh my God. I will when I get his phone number, though. According to reports on the issue, the charges against Brittany were dismissed in court on April 13, 2020. I'm sure she learned from the experience, though. The YouTube algorithm thinks you will like this video the best. Watch and find out if it is right.