At 2:10 AM Wednesday Deputy Topham helped a woman and her young son change a flat tire. Of this experience she said: “This pic was taken at 2:10am last night. I was feeling defeated and so much anxiety as I sat in the middle of the night with a flat coming from work. . . 1/4 pic.twitter.com/wfu1qyNT5m
. . . I wouldn’t say that I didn’t have to fight down the fear that was starting to build in me as deputy B. TOPHAM walked over to my car because of what the media portrays cops to be. At the same time I had to put myself in his shoes . . . 2/4 pic.twitter.com/v9n5sVLcAc
. . . and think of how much anxiety that officers have to fight everyday when walking towards a car. He didn’t have to help, could of easily turned away. By the time my husband got there the tire was already swapped and not only that, . . . 3/4 pic.twitter.com/paB0zKpF3I
. . . but my son got his first police car experience (got to play with the sirens) and hasn’t stop talking about it all morning long. [My son] also got a special police badge. There is more good in the world then we often realize.” 4/4 pic.twitter.com/t6Cwr7rZRC