Officer Mike Meredith says that 80% of his job isn't using his gun, but trying to reach out to his community. And he was able to do just that with a small yet significant act of kindness.
The Florida police officer encountered Corey Daniels in the parking lot of a shopping mall. Corey is homeless, and this isn't the first time Mike has seen him around.
He also noticed Corey's toes poking out of his shoes, which were so worn and tattered that Mike knew he had to help him. Measuring the shoe by comparing it to his own, Mike established the homeless man's shoe size.
The cop's body camera catches all of the action, from the moment they encounter one another. Mike leaves Corey and walks into a Payless shoe store, and purchases a pair of neon green sneakers.
He gave the shoes to Corey, and wished him a "Merry Christmas."
What an incredible and generous gesture, not unlike what this cop did for a teen who didn't have any shoes at all!
And Mike didn't stop there! He says that he noticed that the man had been wearing the same shirt everyday for the past couple of weeks.
He says, "When I walked off, I had a couple of extra polo shirts that I was going to get rid of in my trunk, so I gave him my Under Armour polo too because he's been wearing the same clothes every day I've seen him for the last couple of weeks."
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