Rowan police body cam captures gosling rescue

Rowan University police officers captured a dramatic rescue with their new body cameras this week, saving multiple lives and getting the whole fuzzy thing on video.

Police received an urgent report Sunday evening while working at a basketball tournament in the campus gym: A mother goose was anxiously roaming the Glassboro campus, looking for her babies.

The investigation began immediately.

Searching the campus, officers found the dozen or so goslings trapped in a storm drain in parking lot D on Bowe Boulevard, across from Glassboro High School.

Officers lifted the grate, finding the little hairballs huddling in the corner.

William Boyer III climbed in. Wearing blue rubber gloves and with his body camera on for posterity, the officer picked up one gosling at a time — "Come here, buddy" — and lifted them to freedom.

As Lt. John Malinski received goslings, checking their condition, the mother goose paced about, nervously circling the officers.

After being saved, the goslings walked off, following their mother toward the pond behind Rowan Hall, a university spokeswoman said.

Rowan's police department posted the video to its Facebook page, showing off the body cameras they began using last month.