Off-duty police officer goes well beyond call
I am a college student at Penn State Behrend, but I am now home because of the pandemic.
On April 15, I was going to meet my boyfriend at Chickfil-A in Cranberry. I had my dog along for the ride, and as I stopped by the Liberty Tunnels, a white truck drove up next to me and a man rolled down his window and complimented my dog.
As I made my way onto the highway and picked up speed, the hood of my car flew up and blinded my front view. I used my mirrors to pull over, and behind me I see the same white truck. The same man who complimented my dog got out of his truck, told me to stay in the car and shut my hood for me. He then told me that he was a police officer and said he could follow me to Cranberry to take a better look, because it was on his way.
He followed behind me and after the exit I stopped at a GetGo. The police officer from Ohio showed me his badge and told me that his name was J.J. He took a better look at my car, fixed it as best as it could have been fixed, and gave me advice and a better understanding of what was going on with my car.
I truly don’t know what I would have done if he was not there to help me. I really appreciate what he did. Not a lot of people would have stopped to help, especially in the situation of this pandemic.
I cannot thank him enough, and I just want him to get the recognition he deserves. He was not even on duty and he did not have to stop to help, but he still did. I am very grateful and he truly showed a random act of kindness. I really hope that somehow my thank you would be able to get to this wonderful police officer or his station because I want him and his station to know how grateful I am for such kindness in this time.