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on October 26, 2021 in Featured World News

Police Stop Distraught Elderly Man for Speeding—Help Connect His New TV Instead of Giving Ticket

By Michael Wing Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen, because they’re not a tech-literate—or just having a bad day. Such was the case late September, when Officer Coates pulled over David, 79, for speeding near his home in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Dashcam footage of the stop shows David, clearly out of it, lumbering out of his car to meet Officer Coates face to face. David, who was speeding, is...

By Michael Wing Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen,...

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