'Copscotch': Police Officer Jumps to Help 11-Year-Old Homeless Girl Living Out of a Car

— -- This police officer literally jumped to help cheer up an 11-year-old homeless girl who he discovered had been living out of a car with her mother in Huntington Beach, California.

While his partner talked with the mother to help get them housing arrangements, Officer Zach Pricer decided to distract the girl from the "adult people problem" with a game of hopscotch, or as he likes to call it, "copscotch."

Pricer's partner was able to shoot a video of the encounter on Wednesday. It was later posted to the Huntington Beach Police Department's Facebook where it's been viewed nearly 1 million times and has gotten thousands of positive comments.

"I had to check the welfare of the little girl, so I have to earn her trust and get her comfortable with me first," Pricer told ABC News. He explained that he's used other games and toys like Nerf guns as "ice breakers" to gain children's trust.