"Small rodents like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs including rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans."
http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html
The officer was just another ignorant person making a fool of himself on YouTube.
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"Small rodents like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs including rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans."
http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/exposure/animals/other.html
The officer was just another ignorant person making a fool of himself on YouTube.