Ohio officers ‘getting pretty good’ at hawk rescues after 2 in 1 week

Stephanie Thompson
·2 min read

(WCMH) — An Ohio police department is showing off two of its officer’s hawk-catching skills in a social media post.

The Sharonville Police Department, near Cincinnati, shared a video of Sergeant Derek Broenner and Officer Ross Siefring responding to a hawk sitting by the side of the road.

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When the bird did not immediately fly away as the men approached, Broenner determined “There’s something wrong with him if he’s not taking off right away” and added, “They [hawks] don’t generally, just sit out.” The footage shows the pair carefully placing a cardboard box over the bird to successfully trap the animal.

The department revealed in the video post’s caption that this was not its first hawk rescue of the week.

“So…oddly enough, we had ANOTHER hawk rescue yesterday!” the caption began.

The poster even injected some humor pointing out Broenner’s calls to the bird and the instant the box went over the injured raptor.

“Sgt. Broenner is getting pretty good at this…we think he may have found a gig for post-retirement. Did you hear that ‘CAW CAW’? And shoutout to Officer Siefring for hurling the cardboard box onto the hawk with such grace and absolutely no fear at all.”

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Raptor, Inc., the Ohio bird rescue that took in both hawks, explained in a shared social media post that the first animal captured, on Jan. 24, did not survive. The rescue said it was “cautiously optimistic” for a positive outcome for the second bird, which was recovering in hospital.

“Thanks very much Sharonville Police Department for rescuing not 1, but 2 injured hawks this week!” the post’s caption read. “Unfortunately the first hawk was too profoundly injured to survive, but this hawk is doing well in the raptor hospital and we are cautiously optimistic about a positive outcome. We appreciate our local public safety personnel so much! Again, thank you for caring for our local wildlife as well as our citizens!”

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