Cody Garrett may look like a tough guy with his mustache and his police uniform, but he has a soft spot for animals.
The Spartanburg, South Carolina, police officer made a new friend after a coworker found a kitten in the rain last week.
"I offered to take her because I have another rescue at home who is currently nursing her four kittens," Garrett told ABC News.
He said his cat Toothless was found in his backyard last year as a kitten.
“Toothless was actually smaller than Squirt when we found her in our yard last year," he said. "My son and I were playing in the yard and I almost stepped on Toothless. She couldn't even walk she was so tiny. We nursed Toothless back to health and she had four kittens three weeks ago."
Toothless took Squirt in as her own and was able to nurse her with her kittens.
"That’s one of the only reasons I brought her home instead of taking her to the Humane Society," he said. "She needed a mom so it worked out."
Squirt is already improving.
"She wanders around the house and she already looks 100 times better than when we found her," Garrett said.
Garrett's home is full, with a family of six cats and two dogs, but Garrett joked that his girlfriend is fine with it.
The kitten isn't the first animal friend Garrett rescued.
According to photos Garrett posted to Imgur, he has found abused puppies while on patrol.
BuzzFeed News reported that Garrett found a blind dachshund the night he brought Squirt home.
He took the dachshund to the Spartanburg Humane Society.
As for Squirt, Garrett said she is getting stronger every day.
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