When supermarket security report shoplifter, NYPD officers do this

[Indy Anna]

Instead of arresting a woman accused of shoplifting, these NYPD cops paid for her groceries

Three New York City police officers were working on the Fourth of July when they decided to stop by a Manhattan Whole Foods supermarket. Security guards told the cops a woman was shoplifting groceries -- and officers are now getting massive praise for their generous response.

The cops -- now identified as Lt. Louis Sojo and Officers Esnaidy Cuevas and Michael Rivera -- were on the way to grab a snack and cold drink in the store when security guards told them a woman was stealing food, Sojo said at a press conference Friday. The cops approached her to assess the situation.

"I asked her, 'What's going on?' She told me she was hungry," said Sojo."So, I looked in her bag. I decided -- we decided -- to say 'We'll pay for her food.'"

 

[kaen]

Good for the officers. Sometimes that question of "What's going on?" can lead to profound decisions like a woman needing food rather than going to jail and having to pay a fine or pay to get out.

 

[Elainera]

That's a very kind gesture and I hope they don't get criticized for it.