JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. — Too often law enforcement makes headlines for all the wrong reasons. They are isolated cases. And they almost never tell the whole story, the real story of the men and women behind the badge.
Case in point. Check out this recent interaction where Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers went above and beyond to assist an elderly gentleman in the Casper area.
Wyoming Highway Patrol (WHP) Troopers Gray, Quade, and Fox responded to a call of a pedestrian walking along Interstate 25. They contacted the older gentleman and determined he was attempting to walk to Cheyenne to see his mother. When the troopers looked into things further they determined the man’s mother was actually deceased.
That’s when they began to realize the man might be operating in a state of denial. In addition, the cane he was using was broken. He had no money and appeared in to be no condition to walk to Cheyenne.
Troopers gave the gentleman a ride to Walgreens, bought him a new cane, and then ensured he had safekeeping for the evening by dropping him off at the local shelter.
It doesn’t usually make police blotters. If it shows up at all it is as a forgotten log entry. But these acts of kindness are sometimes what policing is all about. Law Enforcement officers go the extra mile in assisting the public, but these stories are rarely shared. These kind gestures from our men and women patrolling our state highways happen daily but are forever remembered by the recipients of our great state.
Trooper’s Gray, Fox, and Quade—thank you again for showing this amount of compassion to someone who needed a helping hand.
