A police officer stepped up to help a family while responding to a theft call, according to a spokesperson from the Dayton Police Department.
Around 10 a.m., on Sunday, Feb. 11, Dayton police officer Lee responded to a theft call.
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When he arrived, he noticed clothes hangers on the street near the victim’s parked car, the spokesperson said.
The woman told Lee that all her 6-year-old son’s clothes were stolen from the trunk.
Lee decided to take the family to a store and purchase new clothes for the child.
The Dayton Police Department posted a portion of Lee’s body camera footage while talking to the mother and son.
“I can’t, nobody’s going to replace what he had and I probably can’t replace all the nice stuff he had. Follow me. We’re going to go to Wal-Mart,” Lee said.
Lee then raised nearly $1,500 from other officers and friends to give to the woman, the spokesperson said.
Dayton police are investigating this theft.