Michigan cop buys struggling mom a car seat for her daughter

A Michigan police officer is being hailed as a hero after he bought a car seat for a mother and daughter in need. Emmett Township Public Safety Officer Ben Hall received a call from dispatch Friday in the Michigan township of nearly 20,000 people that a young child was spotted in a car without a booster seat. When the car matching the description drove by, Hall pulled it over and found a 5-year-old seat belted in the backseat with no booster seat. The child’s mother, Alexis DeLorenzo, was in the car’s passenger seat while a friend was driving.

She said she was aware that her daughter should be in a booster seat and explained that her car had been repossessed and she had a car seat in the car but they’re not allowing her to get her items out of the car.

Officer Ben Hall

Instead of issuing DeLorenzo a ticket for the violation, the officer took DeLorenzo and her daughter to a local Walmart and purchased a $50 car seat out of his own pocket for the family. Hall, who was been a Township police officer for nearly three years, said he is also helping DeLorenzo to retrieve her personal items from her repossessed car. Along with the accolades for Hall have come some criticisms that DeLorenzo should have found a car seat for her daughter beforehand from a fire house or church that would have given it to them them for free.

It’s important to note what I did isn’t any different from what happens 1,000 times across the country by police officers.

Officer Ben Hall

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