Photo Showing Officer Comforting Autistic Student Goes Viral
- 8 years ago
Officer Tim Purdy is being publicly applauded for his outreach to an autistic and potentially suicidal high school student in North Carolina.
A policeman’s kind gesture has taken the internet by storm.
Officer Tim Purdy is being publicly applauded for his outreach to an autistic and potentially suicidal high school student in North Carolina.
On May 13, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department wrote about the interaction on its Facebook page.
According to the department, the teenager who left the school campus has a neuro-developmental disorder that makes him prone to violence.
The post
A policeman’s kind gesture has taken the internet by storm.
Officer Tim Purdy is being publicly applauded for his outreach to an autistic and potentially suicidal high school student in North Carolina.
On May 13, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department wrote about the interaction on its Facebook page.
According to the department, the teenager who left the school campus has a neuro-developmental disorder that makes him prone to violence.
The post