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Awesome Police Officers Give Family a Car Seat Instead of a Ticket

Awesome Police Officers Give Family a Car Seat Instead of a Ticket

When Jason Pavlige and James Hodges—police officers in Michigan—pulled over a family for a traffic violation, they decided to take a different route than just slapping the driver with a ticket. The report was called into the police when a woman was spotted holding a 10-month-old in her arms in the passenger seat instead of in a car seat. The officers talked to the family and found out they didn’t have enough money to buy a car seat, so Hodges left Pavlige with the family and went to buy one. Then they helped the family install the seat. “The father was, I think, almost in shock,” Hodges told Good Morning America. “They didn’t say much but were just very appreciative.” The incident happened back in February, but only came to light recently when a Walmart employee called the police station to share the story …

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