Officers buy shoplifting homeless man socks instead of arresting him
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Mount Vernon Police Officers Cartwright and Velez caught the attention of our Be Kind campaign.
The officers were called to a Dollar Tree Store in Mount Vernon for a shoplifting report.
What they found was a homeless man badly in need of socks.
Instead of arresting him, Officer Cartwright bought him $15-worth of socks.
“See what you get when you’re honest. Listen, I know how important it is to have a nice pair of socks when you’re out running around and you have nothing else going on, and listen, we’ll get you taken care of,” the officer said.