A Facebook post made by the Maryland Police Department has gone viral recently after a police officer responded to a shoplifting call involving a young woman and her infant son. Once the officer arrived, the woman was issued a citation for theft, but then the cop decided to take matters into his own hands.
Read the post below.
“Why do cops get to go shopping on duty?” is but one of the many questions we get asked throughout the shift. Though we often joke that our field trainees are still in diapers, it turns out that rookie Officer Johns was not buying these for himself.
Officers responded to a shoplifting call at a grocery store and learned that a young mother, with her infant son, was caught by security attempting to steal two packs of diapers. After she purchased some groceries she did not have enough money leftover to buy the diapers.
Officer Johns considered the situation and then made the decision to purchase the diapers out of his own pocket so that the young child would not suffer. It’s worth noting that the female was still issued a criminal citation for the theft.
Though it’s but a snapshot of some of the work your officers are doing daily, we still wanted to take a moment to thank Officer Johns for not just fairly enforcing the law, but also showing empathy to an innocent child put in a difficult situation.”
This officer took the time to ensure a stranger’s child was well taken care of, even though it meant taking money from his own pocket. What a prime example of an upstanding officer.
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