Watch Tahoe Officer Use Beanbag Gun To Free Bear Trapped In Car [VIDEO]

By Cody Briana on August 15, 2018

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Here’s another reminder to lock your doors, especially when in Tahoe. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office released dashcam footage of deputies responding to a bear trapped in the back of a car parked in the driveway of a South Lake Tahoe resident, Sac Bee reports. Officers used nonlethal “beanbag” rounds to break the rear window, freeing the bear from the car.

BEAR BREAKS OUT OF CAR: How do you get a bear out of a car? A furry intruder got stuck in a vehicle in South Lake Tahoe, CA last month. Deputies from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office shot bean bags at the car to break the back window … and out came a bear! pic.twitter.com/5wV8RMq0P4

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