CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police officer’s kindness has gone viral on social media.
“There’s more to policing than making arrests and enforcing the law. Sometimes taking those extra little steps makes the biggest difference in someone’s life,” The message reads. It shows Officer Tim Purdy sitting with an autistic student.
According to the post, the high school student left campus and may have been suicidal. Officer Purdy sat down on the ground next to the teen and talked with him until he was able to make the young man laugh.
CMPD shared a post on their Facebook page Friday. Since then, it has been shared over 247,000 times. See the post below:
