(This young man just got a second job to make his future better. So many lazy men don't even have ONE job. This young man is the REAL definition of a MAN. The others are little boys)
Officer drives man to job interview instead of writing traffic tickets
Ka'Shawn Baldwin was trying to get to a job interview
when he was stopped by Ofc. Roger
Gemoules (KSDK photos)
CAHOKIA,
Ill. (WTHR) - An Illinois man is singing the praises of a police
officer who gave him a lift when he could have given him a ticket.
Cahokia High School Resource Officer Roger Gemoules was patrolling the streets while his school was on spring break Wednesday. That's when he pulled over 22-year-old Ka'Shawn Baldwin for expired license plates, then found Baldwin also had an expired license.
But he told the officer he was headed to a job interview and had no other way to get there than to drive his friend's car with expired plates.
So instead of writing a ticket, Gemoules drove Baldwin to the intervew at a FedEx facility, where he was hired as a package handler. The work is a second job for Baldwin, who already holds a job at McDonalds, though his bus trip to work takes about 90 minutes.
"He was polite when I pulled him over, and seemed like a good young man and I want to give him a chance. If I gave him bunch of tickets and towed his car in, it would be tough for him to recover from," Gemoules said.
Baldwin told KSDK-TV the second job will allow him to make money to get his license back, buy a car and, hopefully, a new home.
“I would like to thank Officer Gemoules for showing compassion and being a great example of how community oriented policing actually works,” Jackson wrote.
The city has contacted the state's attorney's office to see if they can get rid of Baldwin's tickets and restore his license. The assistant to Cahokia's mayor posted Gemoules' photo on Facebook, praising him for his actions.
Cahokia High School Resource Officer Roger Gemoules was patrolling the streets while his school was on spring break Wednesday. That's when he pulled over 22-year-old Ka'Shawn Baldwin for expired license plates, then found Baldwin also had an expired license.
But he told the officer he was headed to a job interview and had no other way to get there than to drive his friend's car with expired plates.
So instead of writing a ticket, Gemoules drove Baldwin to the intervew at a FedEx facility, where he was hired as a package handler. The work is a second job for Baldwin, who already holds a job at McDonalds, though his bus trip to work takes about 90 minutes.
"He was polite when I pulled him over, and seemed like a good young man and I want to give him a chance. If I gave him bunch of tickets and towed his car in, it would be tough for him to recover from," Gemoules said.
Baldwin told KSDK-TV the second job will allow him to make money to get his license back, buy a car and, hopefully, a new home.
“I would like to thank Officer Gemoules for showing compassion and being a great example of how community oriented policing actually works,” Jackson wrote.
The city has contacted the state's attorney's office to see if they can get rid of Baldwin's tickets and restore his license. The assistant to Cahokia's mayor posted Gemoules' photo on Facebook, praising him for his actions.
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