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Dominic Smithers
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3:10 PM, February 21 2021 GMT
A police officer gave a great grandmother he had pulled over for a broken brake light a gift card to get it fixed rather than issue her with a fine.
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Sergeant Wayne Costa, an officer with Orlando Police Department, was out on patrol when he saw the woman driving along with the faulty light.
After pulling her over, he told her he knew everyone was finding it tough at the moment and he didn t want to give her a fine.
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So instead he handed her a $25 (£17) gift voucher for Advance Auto Parts so she could go and get her car sorted without having to worry about the additional cost of a penalty notice.
Officer Matt Lima was called to a Stop and Shop supermarket in Somerset,
Massachusetts, on 20 December, by security guards who saw two women with two young children not scanning all of their shopping at the self-checkout.
There were numerous items missing from their receipt and they were told to wait inside for the police. Image: The women were caught failing to scan every item at the self-checkout at a Stop and Shop in Somerset, Massachusetts. Pic: Google Streetview
When Mr Lima arrived, he took one woman aside to talk to her while supermarket staff distracted the children.
He found out they had fallen on hard times and tried to steal so they could give the children Christmas dinner.
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