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California police officer adopts puppy he helped save from trash compactor

On Dec. 19, Gardena Police Department Sgt. Nick Beerling was called about `faint whimpers and cries` from an automatic self-compacting trashcan on Normandie Avenue, finding the small terrier inside.
The nonprofit described the dog as having been `tossed away like trash`, and responders noted he was trapped inside a self-compacting trashcan that might have crushed him.
Animal control and the fire department broke the bin's lock to free a 1-year-old terrier, who officers took to the spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center and named Flan.
After care at the shelter, the Beerling family adopted Flan following neuter surgery, renaming him Norman after the street where he was found.
The officer adopted the puppy days after the rescue, which the nonprofit spcaLA South Bay Pet Adoption Center noted followed the incident outside the local church on Normandie Avenue.

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