October 17 Officer Justin Gower pulled over a crew-cab truck in Cedar, Texas for having an expired registration and a bad light. When he approached the vehicle he noticed three young girls in the back without car seats. Gower hadn’t met their father before, but he realized he’d heard about him from a fellow officer. He called in Officer Cale Hawkins, who had encountered the family a few weeks earlier. “They were living in a hotel and all their money was going there,” said Hawkins.
“Giving him three tickets wasn't going to do any good,” said Gower. So Gower and Hawkins pooled their money and bought pink age-appropriate car seats for the one, three and four-year-old girls. Then the officers helped install them.
The recipient of their generosity asked for anonymity, but did say this, “It was nothing short of a miracle. It was something that was really needed. The officers have been a blessing.”
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