LA Police on the job

One of our ninjas sent us a story about Herman Perry, a 94-year-old World War II veteran living in Los Angeles. His neighbors were worried when they hadn’t heard from Herman in a while and called the police to check on him. Luckily, he had just left his hearing aid off and didn’t hear the neighbors knocking on his door.

After finishing their night patrol, [the police officers] saw a Christmas tree lot across the station and were inspired to surprise Perry.

“It seemed like a great idea at the time, but we totally forgot it was 1 a.m.,” she said. Luckily, the owners were still in the lot, and after hearing the officers’ sweet surprise plan, he gave them a Christmas tree and lights to Perry and “refused to accept any payment.”

The two cops went back to Perry’s apartment, set up the tree and lights outside his door, Nunez said. She added that his neighbor Amy woke up and told them she would help with getting the tree to Perry in the morning.

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The officers, along with Perry’s neighbor Amy, also helped clean and spruce up the 94-year-old vet’s place.

“It was quite endearing to see his surprised reaction,” Nunez said. “After finding out he was 94 years old, a World War II vet living by himself, we just didn’t feel OK just walking away. People like that, we owe our liberties and freedom to. They’ve sacrificed so much, so we thought we needed to give back to a veteran who did so much for us. We were quite happy to help him out.”

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