CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – A Clarksville police officer recently helped a lost child find his way back home with the use of technology.
Police said in a press release that Officer Krill Annikov responded to a concerned citizen’s call about a juvenile walking too close to the road on Wilma Rudolph Blvd. near the intersection of Dunbar Cave Rd. on May 1 around 7:45 p.m.
The officer found the 11-year-old near the Mapco at 2099 Wilma Rudolph Blvd. He told the officer he was trying to find his way home because he was lost and did not know the address or phone number where he lived.
He said he had left the house and followed the cat into the woods near his house. When he emerged from the woods, he did not know where he was or how to get back home.
The boy told the officer he lived with his grandmother and Officer Annikov was able to locate a Whitfield Drive address for the grandmother, but the boy said they didn’t live there anymore. He did, however, know the name of a park near where he currently lives, so the officer pulled up Google Maps. The child was able to identify/point to the street where he lives.
By utilizing the street view portion, Officer Annikov was able to identify the exact house and took him back home to be reunited him with his family.