It is the primary duty of police officers to provide protection to the public to ensure general welfare. While their everyday job entails patrolling the neighborhood, investigating crimes, interviewing suspected criminals, and the like, Sgt. Glenn Sharp performed something beyond the normal duties of a police officer.
Sgt. Glenn Sharp of the Nassau Bay Police Department was spotted helping a stranger in a show store. While his act of kindness wasn’t that much obvious at first glance, the picture has revealed more that what’s on the surface.
According to LittleThings, the stranger, a homeless veteran, has been recently released from the hospital. The poor man had no family and no place to go. After seeing the man in his worn-out tennis shoes, Sgt. Glenn Sharp embarked on a mission that went beyond his duties as a police officer.
Facebook user Kathryn Hamm publicized Sgt. Glenn’s kindness on the said platform. On August 29, 2016, she penned,
“This is Sgt Sharp of the Nassau Bay Police Department, one of the agencies that I dispatch for. This rainy morning down here on the gulf coast of Texas, I dispatched him out to check the welfare of a man at a gas station.”
Kathryn continued narrating Sgt. Sharp’s act of kindness towards the poor man.
“Sharp found a homeless vet that had just been released from the hospital, no family or friends, nowhere to go. Upon deciding to transport him out of Nassau Bay city limits to a metro bus stop (final destination the shelter downtown), he noticed that this man’s tennis shoes were worn down to his socks, so before making sure he caught that bus, Sgt Sharp bought this man some shoes.”
Not wanting this act to go unnoticed and unrecognized, Kathryn urged everyone to spread the act of kindness.
“Share this post please! HELP ME GIVE THIS POLICE OFFICER THE RECOGNITION HE DESERVES. Lets over power the negativity that their field gains these days and share all of the heart warming moments and selfless decisions they make all the time.”
The post has garnered more that 5,000 shares as of this writing.
Sgt. Glenn said that helping the man was the right thing to do. He told LittleThings, “I saw the opportunity to help someone in need, and I did what I felt was right.”
Sgt. Glenn Sharps’s generosity reminds us that adding a dose of kindness to someone else’s day does not only uplift their spirits, but it makes you feel happy and satisfied too. After all, no deed of kindness, no matter how trivial, is ever wasted.
What are your thoughts on Sgt. Glenn Sharp’s act of kindness? Share your thoughts and opinions in the comments section below!
SOURCES: LittleThings | Facebook
The post Kind-hearted police officer buys shoes for a homeless man appeared first on Trending News Portal.
Post a Comment