Cop-Climbing Cat's Antics Caught on Police Video

Nov 20th 2009

An ordinary traffic stop turned into a media sensation when a friendly feline gamboled onto the scene and started climbing all over police officer Keith Urban -- and it was all caught on police video! The video made the local news on Fox 25 in Boston, Mass.

"I was conducting a traffic stop and here comes the cat prancing up, jumping around in the grass looking at me with a curious look on its face," Urban, 29, tells Paw Nation. "I couldn't help but notice it because it looked like it wanted to play."

Urban attempted to ignore the kitty who was rubbing up against him, but it started climbing up his leg. He disentangled the cat and shooed it away, but it playfully returned. "The cat latched onto my clothes, and it was doing whatever it wanted with me, so I just let it go," laughs Urban. "Before I knew it, it was climbing all over me."

The daring kitty even climbed onto the officer's head! "It didn't scratch me, not even accidentally, so it didn't really bother me," says Urban. "It was actually kind of nice to have a cat rubbing up on top of my head."

And the driver? "He was smiling and giggling a little bit," says Urban. "At one point, he asked me, 'Can I come out and help you out with that and get the cat?' I told him, 'No sir. I appreciate it, but no.'"