Patrolman Doug Centrone, with the Hazlet Township Police Department, was on duty when someone called the police around 9:50 a.m. because their dog, Taffy, was stranded on thin ice at a lake at Veteran's Park.
He put on his cold gear, crawled out to the middle of the pond and hoisted the dog up onto the ice, where she was able to carefully walk back to shore.
Taffy, who has been described as an energetic pup, was wrapped in blankets, warmed up in a car and returned to their owner safely.
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