00:00A female police officer in Georgia didn't realize she would grab everyone's attention
00:04when she quietly crept away from an elderly woman's home.
00:08Concerned family members called the Gainesville Police Department when their worst fears were
00:12confirmed by what the officer found, but now we have a photo showing what she did about it.
00:17Officer Christian Miller probably assumed that she would go unnoticed when she went to a
00:21vulnerable woman's home to check on her well-being. Right before showing up to the elderly woman's
00:26residence, the Gainesville Police Department got a phone call from the woman's family.
00:31The 92-year-old woman's relatives were concerned about their loved one, but they were unable to
00:36do anything about it on their own. Officer Christian went to the unidentified woman's doorstep and almost
00:42instantly found herself in the center of a situation she definitely didn't expect. She reacted to it in
00:49a way that the average person probably would not have, while Corporal Jessica Vann watched it all
00:54unfold. According to the Gainesville Police Department, Officer Miller found that the
00:59elderly resident was in the midst of an unfathomable struggle. She was living in a
01:03decrepit home without electricity, which had been the case for long enough to make all the food in
01:08her refrigerator spoil. Water service to the home had also been shut off. As soon as Officer Miller
01:14realized that this precious citizen in her community had no means of transportation to remedy her dire
01:19situation, she knew exactly what she needed to do. Corporal Vann kept the struggling woman company as
01:26Officer Miller got into her patrol vehicle. She drove to a nearby grocery store and purchased the
01:31groceries and water that this woman desperately needed. When Officer Miller returned with fistfuls
01:37of grocery bags and big jugs of water, all purchased from her own paycheck, the elderly woman was
01:42speechless. Her family was so grateful that their simple call to the police to request a welfare check on
01:48their loved one, transpired into a good deed that not a single person saw coming. But, the generous
01:54efforts didn't end with the bags of much appreciated groceries brought to the 92-year-old woman. Since
02:00the department's social media post on the matter went viral, they made a special announcement.
02:05Gainesville Police said they are working to get the woman's utilities restored so she can live in
02:10dignity without worrying about her water and electricity. This police officer had the option to take the
02:15welfare call, see that the woman was alive upon arrival, and report back to her superiors as well
02:21as the woman's family that she was simply still breathing, but she went above and beyond the call
02:25of duty. This is what 90% of police work is really about. Officer Christian Miller truly wanted to help
02:32this person and ease the family's concerns by paying it forward and stocking her shelves with all that
02:37she needed to eat and drink. I want everyone to look after one another and put the hate away.
02:43There are more important things in life than hating one another or arguing over petty things.
02:47I feel if people focused on what is important, like loved ones,
02:51then some of the strife I've come across would not exist, she concluded,
02:55and I couldn't have said it any better.
