The Texarkana Texas Police Department received a call for a “vicious dog” in a neighborhood this weekend but upon arrival found an affectionate, playful pit bull instead.

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Credit: Texarkana Texas Police Department

Officer Travis Frost arrived on the scene and spotted the dog laying on someone’s front porch.

“Travis said that he left the door of his patrol unit open so he could quickly jump back in if the dog was vicious and came after him,” the department wrote on Facebook. “He whistled at the dog, who then came trotting over to him with his tail wagging. After Travis pet the dog for a minute, he went right up to the patrol unit, jumped in the…