CNN —
After the Pennsylvania prison escapee Danelo Cavalcante was handcuffed Wednesday morning, but before he was placed into the back of an armored van, several dozen heavily armed officers gathered around him in an arc.
Cavalcante was positioned in the front, with an officer holding his arms. One officer holding a 22-caliber rifle went down to one knee and held the weapon up. The K-9 dogs involved in the search stepped toward the front. And other officers in the back spread out to get a clear view.
Together, they all looked in one direction – at an officer holding up a phone to take a photo.
The group photo, captured in overhead video from CNN affiliate KYW, came after a nearly two-week long manhunt for Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who escaped August 31 from a prison in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
At a news conference about an hour after his capture, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said he had no problem with the picture.
“Those men and women worked amazingly hard through some very trying circumstances,” he said. “They’re proud of their work. I’m not bothered at all by the fact that they took a photograph with him in custody. Again they’re proud of their work. They kept the community safe. I say thanks to them and good job.”
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