APD officer rescues canine from deserted contaminated swimming pool

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — A heroic act by Officer Robert Crume with the Asheville Police Department as he helped save a canine that was almost drowning in an deserted swimming pool behind a vacant dwelling in East Asheville.

According to Crume, it was a pool contaminated with micro organism.

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“I’m terrified to consider what type of bacteria could be in this water,” Crume said.

Crume said the water was black and murky, that he could see mosquitoes hovering over it.

“The fire department arrived down the hill and started running in the back yards looking for the animal and asking who has a pool around,” Crume said. “As we came through here, I could see the dog’s head sticking above the pool here and he kind of has his paws here.”

Animal management arrived shortly after to take the canine to an animal shelter.

“I provided him a few of my leftover hen and rice and a few water. He didn’t have any of that,” Crume said

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Crume described the dog as having a collar on, suspecting the dog must have an owner.

“Coming out here and find a dog in distress and being able to assist and making sure that the dog is safe and taken care of it, feels really good,” Crume stated.