Positive Police Story of the Day. Police pull over man and give gift not ticket

Man had expired registration and was pulled over for a bad taillight. Police realized man didn't have the means to pay the tickets, the police bought car seats for the kids who had none. (no ticket for that either)

Pretty awesome of the officer.

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CEDAR PARK, Texas -- A Texas man is thanking two Cedar Park police officers after they purchased car seats for his children after a recent traffic stop.

Officer Justin Gower pulled over a truck traveling along South Bell Boulevard on Oct. 17 for having an expired registration and malfunctioning light.

"When I was up there talking to the driver, that's when I realized there was three kids in the back seat without car seats," said Gower.

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"They were living in a hotel and he said all of his money was going to that at this time," said Hawkins.

In that moment, Gower and Hawkins made a judgment call.

"Giving him three tickets, it wasn't going to do any good," said Gower. "Those kids were still going to have to be driven somewhere, somehow with no car seats."

"We just kind of stepped off to the side and said we need to kind of do the right thing and get these people some car seats," said Hawkins.

The officers put their own money together and while Gower talked to the driver, Hawkins drove to Wal-Mart.

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The man they helped did not want to speak with KVUE on camera, but released the following statement:

"It was nothing short of a miracle. It was something that was really needed. The officers have been a blessing."

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