The Greenburgh Police Department posted a video on their YouTube channel of officers checking up on the hawk as it rested on the grass.
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Thankfully the hawk was not seriously injured and was able to fly away afterward.
Police also posted photos on Facebook of the bird spreading its wings, and an officer holding it in his hands.
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