The police department in Texas has released footage of an over-affectionate cat distracting a policeman trying to issue a ticket to a motorist.

The video, filmed by a camera in officer Keith Urban’s patrol car, shows the cat crawling up his leg and then onto his head.

Urban tries to shoo the cat away gently several times, finally giving it a friendly boot, with the videocam taking it all in.

Captain Don Georgens from Taylor Police Department said the footage “helped with our humour around the station.”

Understandably, the cat fled the scene after this incident.