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Police Officer wraps $100 bill into traffic ticket

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Published on Dec 13, 2012

It started when Hayden Carlo was pulled over for an expired registration sticker. Carlo says he's been struggling to support his wife and two small children.

"You get paid, pay your bills, and there's your money. It's gone." He told the officer he had no excuse for the expired sticker. "I said 'there's no explanation for why I haven't done it, except I don't have the money.' I said 'it was either feed my kids or get my registration done."

The officer wrote a citation and handed it to the 25-year-old. Carlo says when he took it, he could not believe what he saw. "I opened it up and there's a 100 dollar bill. I broke down in my car what else could I do."

The officer never told anyone about the $100 gift. But Carlo's grandfather, Billy McIntire, was so moved by the kind gesture he wrote a letter to the department.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3BWsNik0E&feature=share

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    Si_CreweSi_Crewe Posts: 40,202
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    Heart-warming incident. :)
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    swehsweh Posts: 13,665
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    Aww American cops are all trying to top each other with their acts of kindness.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,692
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    Top (police)man! :)
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    icefallicefall Posts: 7,709
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    Thats a really nice story, especially for Texas in America too...warms the cockles of your heart.
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    scheadschead Posts: 977
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    Published on Dec 13, 2012

    It started when Hayden Carlo was pulled over for an expired registration sticker. Carlo says he's been struggling to support his wife and two small children.

    "You get paid, pay your bills, and there's your money. It's gone." He told the officer he had no excuse for the expired sticker. "I said 'there's no explanation for why I haven't done it, except I don't have the money.' I said 'it was either feed my kids or get my registration done."

    The officer wrote a citation and handed it to the 25-year-old. Carlo says when he took it, he could not believe what he saw. "I opened it up and there's a 100 dollar bill. I broke down in my car what else could I do."

    The officer never told anyone about the $100 gift. But Carlo's grandfather, Billy McIntire, was so moved by the kind gesture he wrote a letter to the department.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g3BWsNik0E&feature=share

    What happened next was the policeman filed a report that the guy nicked his money which was marked. Hayden Carlo is currently serving time for stealing cash from a police officer. The policeman is currently shacked up with Hayden's wife and acting as step father to the 2 kids, both of whom he is abusing.

    Merry Christmas everyone.
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    Paul237Paul237 Posts: 8,656
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    Nice to hear some good news for a change! :)
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    RegTheHedgeRegTheHedge Posts: 2,794
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    Reminds me when i got when pulled over in Miami a few years back for speeding .The Police Officer chick kindly downgraded it to a speeding belt violation (not that i'm into violating seatbelts ;) ) Anyway must be worth a 100 bucks .
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    DinkyDoobieDinkyDoobie Posts: 17,786
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    Reminds me when i got when pulled over in Miami a few years back for speeding .The Police Officer chick kindly downgraded it to a speeding belt violation ticket ,Must be worth a 100 bucks .

    That doesn't sound like a downgrade :confused:
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    RegTheHedgeRegTheHedge Posts: 2,794
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    That doesn't sound like a downgrade :confused:

    For sure.Speeding worse than having no seatbelt!
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    DinkyDoobieDinkyDoobie Posts: 17,786
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    For sure.Speeding worse than having no seatbelt!

    A seatbelt violation doesn't sound the same as a speeding belt violation, that sounds more like a combination of a seat belt violation and a speeding ticket
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    RegTheHedgeRegTheHedge Posts: 2,794
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    A seatbelt violation doesn't sound the same as a speeding belt violation, that sounds more like a combination of a seat belt violation and a speeding ticket

    lol oh yes...oops typo :p
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    Contains NutsContains Nuts Posts: 2,112
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    What a nice fella!
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    MTUK1MTUK1 Posts: 20,077
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    Great story although I hope the policeman didn't get in trouble now the guy publicised it.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 5,692
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    MTUK1 wrote: »
    Great story although I hope the policeman didn't get in trouble now the guy publicised it.

    According to the clip, the policeman has chosen to remain anonymous but his colleagues are going to honour him regardless.
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    Si_CreweSi_Crewe Posts: 40,202
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    MTUK1 wrote: »
    Great story although I hope the policeman didn't get in trouble now the guy publicised it.

    I was wondering about that myself.
    Now they know the guys name it'd be easy to see who issued him with the ticket and identify the cop.

    Thing is, I guess, he didn't actually bend or break any rules.
    It's not like he decided not to give him the ticket.
    He just offered a bit of charity at the same time.

    Dunno if it's something the cop thought through beforehand or if he was just "making it up as he went along" but it seems like he managed to come up with the ideal scenario.
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    moonvisagemoonvisage Posts: 292
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    Such a lovely story of kindness.
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