HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A video of a police officer teaching an 11-year-old girl how to play hopscotch is going viral.
Officers Scott Marsh and Zach Pricer responded to a call Wednesday about a suspicious occupied car, according to the Orange County Register.
They soon realized an 11-year-old girl and her mother had been living out of their car, so Marsh called the Homelessness Task Force to arrange housing for them, according to a Facebook post by the Huntington Beach Police Department.
As they waited, Officer Pricer, 38, decided to have some fun, and taught the 11-year-old how to play hopscotch.
"For an 11-year-old girl, to see a police officer towering over her is a scary thing," Pricer, a 13-year veteran, told The Register. "I was trying to break the ice and get her to feel comfortable with me."
This morning an officer checked on a suspicious occupied vehicle in the area of Graham and Edinger. During his...
Posted by Huntington Beach Police Department on Wednesday, March 30, 2016
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