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Officer Spencer Badger responded on Friday to the home of a young woman who had been the victim of an alleged crime. The following day, he returned to the residence in civilian clothes, bearing a birthday card and a small but meaningful gift.
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A 10-year-old boy was tossing a football to himself when an officer with the Summerville (SC) Police Department stopped his patrol vehicle and asked him if he had anyone to play with.
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Easton Jordan—a 6-year-old boy in Buffalo, NY, who suffers from cerebral palsy—recently completed a "walk, run, and roll" fundraiser to benefit the Make Lemon Aide Foundation for Cerebral Palsy. He insisted on doing the walk under his own power, despite the fact that he typically uses a motorized wheelchair to get around when his disease wears him down.
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An officer with the Mobile (AL) Police Department was seen in a viral social media video talking to a scared six-year-old girl who had just suffered the loss of her cousin—Justin Mooney—who was killed in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting.
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When Des Peres Department of Public Safety Detective Trent Koppel asked members of the department to help fill two new tip jars to replace those stolen from two local kids, every single member of the department made a contribution.
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“I pulled up and I’m not gonna lie, I drew down on them. He freaks out and he starts to pull the gun out of his waistband.”
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"I pulled up and I’m not gonna lie, I drew down on them. He freaks out and he starts to pull the gun out of his waistband."
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Deputies with the Isle of Wight County (VA) Sheriff's Office and the Windsor (VA) Police Department made a little boy's birthday dreams come true as they descended on the event after learning that the boy wanted a "police themed" party.
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Many police departments have a pop-up tent, a folding table, and a bunch of knick-knacks with the department badge or logo to give away during street festivals and other events. This is a very passive recruitment tool, and arguably a giant waste of time and resources. Where the real recruitment opportunities exist are in the day-to-day contact between young people and the police officers who serve their communities.
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When an SRO is really active and really successful, kids will go out of their way to not only talk with him or her, but to thank them for their service. Just ask Officer Mitch, who works at Heritage High School in the San Francisco Bay Area. The way the kids there said thanks was truly EPIC — watch the video to see what they did.
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