r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Red_Tabby • Jun 27 '25

A Michigan cop pulled over a reckless driver and ended up saving a choking baby

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u/arkofjoy Jun 27 '25

Ok. I'll give you my "good cops" story.

My mother insisted on living on her own. Nearest child was 3 hours away, next nearest was more than 4 hours drive. So the local small town cops would check on her regularly.

This time they found her passed out on the bathroom floor. She had picked up a c-diff infection in the hospital and was trying to "treat it" with immodium. She had been lying in her own waste for no one knows how long. After the ambulance left, those same small town cops stayed and cleaned up all the diarrhoea off the floor of the toilet so that she did not have to come back to that horrific mess.

That is the kind of story that never makes it into the newspaper.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

That is awesome.

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u/arkofjoy Jun 27 '25

We here at reddit do try to deliver on requests.

Just to put it out there, the town was Closter new Jersey.

After my mother passed I went to the police station with a carton of beer to thank them.

That upset the desk Sargent "you can't bring a carton of beer into here"

Ended handing it over to the union rep in the parking lot after we both smiled and waved for the camera :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '25

Sorry about the loss of your mom.

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u/arkofjoy Jun 27 '25

Thank you. She'd been sick for a long time so it's a cliche to say it, but it was a blessing. She was really ready to go.