Atwater Police officers help reunite tortoises with family

ATWATER, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Police officers with the Atwater Police Department helped immoderate mislaid tortoises reunite with their owners connected Wednesday.

Police officers with the Atwater Police Department accidental they "never cognize what the displacement volition bring."

According to police, citizens alerted the section astir tortoises that were wandering the roads of Atwater. They were connected Bellevue Road and Gipson Street successful Atwater.

In photos posted connected societal media by the Atwater Police Department, the tortoises tin beryllium seen connected the broadside thoroughfare with items successful their mouths.

Police thanked the citizens because, with their help, their "new friends" were reunited with their family.