Mother and daughter live in their car: policemen decide to help them and do something special for the little girl (+VIDEO)

by Mark Bennett

February 13, 2023

Mother and daughter live in their car: policemen decide to help them and do something special for the little girl (+VIDEO)
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Police officers are authoritative figures in charge of enforcing the law and keeping citizens safe - but they are still just people: children, brothers, friends, fathers - we often tend not to think about the fact that police are individuals just like anyone else.

An example of this comes from California, United States. When police officer Pricer, 38, and his partner Scott Marsh showed up to investigate a suspicious vehicle report, they didn't expect to find an 11-year-old girl.

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The young girl lived in a car with her mother and seemed very scared: "For an 11-year-old girl, talking to a police officer can be intimidating, but I tried to break the ice and make her feel comfortable with me," Pricer explained. At this point, the police officer took a piece of chalk and drew the "Hop Scotch" game on the sidewalk. But the little girl didn't know the rules of the game. So, Pricer decided to give her a practical demonstration.

While Officer Pricer entertained the little girl, Officer Marsh spoke to the little girl's mother to find out if he could be of assistance. After hearing about the couple's plight, the officer contacted the department's Homeless Task Force to find accomodation for the couple. Meanwhile, Officer Pricer was playing with the little girl.

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The two play the game was caught on camera and shared on Facebook by the Huntington Beach Police Department. In the video, Pricer can be seen explaining and demonstrating the rules of the game: "Okay, your feet have touched the line, but I'm letting you off because it's your first time," says the policeman in the video, which achieved 1.7 million views.

This morning an officer checked on a suspicious occupied vehicle in the area of Graham and Edinger. During his investigation he learned the people in the vehicle were a mother and her 11 year old daughter and they had been living out of their car. The officer contacted our Homeless Task Force to help arrange housing. As the officer worked on housing arrangements with the mother, another officer on scene, Officer Pricer, began displaying his expertise in hopscotch to the daughter. #Copslovehopscotch

Pubblicato da Huntington Beach Police Department su Mercoledì 30 marzo 2016

Thanks to the kindness and humanity of these two police officers, the girl and her mother will have the chance to find a more suitable accommodation and will always remember the kind way in which they were treated.

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