WATCH: Local officers help man with broken down wheelchair

Justin Dennis
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UNIVERSITY CIRCLE, Ohio (WJW) — University Circle Police Chief Tom Wetzel praised a young officer for going “above and beyond” this week.

When a man’s motorized wheelchair malfunctioned on Wednesday, right in the crosswalk at Circle Drive and Cornell Road, officer Nick Jennette “went right into action,” the department posted to its Facebook page.

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Jennette pushed the man about a third of a mile to his home, Wetzel said. Watch video from the police department in the player above.

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“Today, he’s really sore,” Wetzel said wryly.

“It just really goes above and beyond,” he told FOX 8 News on Thursday, “You don’t see cops do that. It’s not that common. … It was a beautiful example of community policing at its best.”

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