Gulf War veteran Gerald Baldwin told a Walker County Sheriff’s deputy he was trying to walk 100 miles from Cordova, AL, to Huntsville for a scheduled appointment with the Veterans Administration because his car was out of commission.
An officer with the California Highway Patrol came to the aid of a runner who suffered a stress fracture in her leg during a marathon / half-marathon event over the weekend in the forested area of Big Bear in the mountains just east of Los Angeles.
A mom in Illinois posted on social media that an officer with the Loves Park (IL) Police Department made their day when he stopped to take a picture with her daughter and his K-9 partner.
During a traffic stop, an officer with the Susquehanna Township (PA) Police Department learned that the 9-year-old boy in the back seat was celebrating his birthday.
Several law enforcement agencies from Eastern Tennessee surprised a teen who aspires to be a police officer despite having cerebral palsy by dropping by his birthday party.
An officer with the Milwaukee Police Department exercised some "officer discretion" earlier in October when he pulled over a woman for not having proper vehicle registration. During the traffic stop, he observed two children in the back who were not in appropriate child-safety car seats.
When dispatcher Nicole Santoyo, alongside Officers Brian Kearns and Carlos Gonzalez of the West Covina (CA) Police Department learned that an elderly man had his walker stolen from his front yard, they decided to take matters into their own hands and provide the man with a replacement.
An officer with the Miami-Dade Police Department is being praised for going above and beyond the call of duty when he helped a homeless family find shelter and then return to Michigan.
An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department who in late September posted a video to Twitter of a homeless woman singing beautifully on a subway platform was reunited with her late last week. The video of Emily Zamourka—who has been living on the streets of Los Angeles for two years—quickly went viral.
The Menomonie (WI) Police Department will take $2 off your parking fines for each item you bring into the police department during the months of November and December, with donations benefitting the Stepping Stones of Dunn County food pantry.