UNI Police rescue child from car

On Monday night, a phone call from the public sent four officers from the University of Northern Iowa Police Department to face a situation they had little experience with in their UNI career. A two-month old infant was trapped unattended in a locked car during one of the hottest days of the year. 
   
According to the National Weather Service, the temperature in Cedar Falls at that time was around 88 degrees, with a heat index in the low 90s.
   
“I can’t remember the last time something like that has happened,” said UNI Police Lt. James Dally. “I can’t say that it’s never happened. But it’s very rare if it’s happened.”
   
UNI Police received the call from the public at about 8:20 p.m. Monday night. They responded and found the baby in the car with the doors locked and windows rolled up. There was no one in the area that could open the car, so UNI Police broke a window and removed the baby from the vehicle. An ambulance took the baby to Covenant Medical Center where it was treated and released.
   
According to university representative Jim O’Conner, the parents have since been located. UNI Police could not comment at press time regarding how the parents were located. Officials have not released the names of the child or parents at press time.
   
The vehicle was located near the soccer fields off 27th Street. Around the time the call came in, the FC Midwest Soccer Academy was hosting a camp that was not affiliated with the university, but using UNI facilities.
   
According to Lt. Dally, the possibility of UNI Police pressing charges against the parents is pending further investigation.