One of my Sunday habits is to write about someone who is praiseworthy and deserves our respect. Sgt. Jonathan Allen is such an individual. He is a law-enforcement officer in Colorado. We are all aware of law-enforcement officers fighting bad guys, and in today’s world the public magnifying glass is constantly on the police every time something questionable occurs. What we do not see in the newspapers is when any law-enforcement individual goes out of his/her way to be kind and gentle, and thus this Jonathan Allen story hit home to me.
From Epoch Times:
He has worked for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office for 24 years, spending the first 20 years as a K9 handler. On June 15 at 10:55 a.m., Sgt. Allen and his partner were called on to investigate an unaccompanied child.
“Our agency received a call from a citizen named Robert, who was out mowing his lawn,” Sgt. Allen told The Epoch Times. “He saw this little girl walking by in his neighborhood, and she was lost. She was tired, thirsty, hungry, and barefoot, and said she was looking for her aunt’s house.”
The little girl claimed her dad and his girlfriend had been “sleeping since yesterday,” Sgt. Allen said. A neighbor brought the child a coloring book while Sgt. Allen began scouring the police database for reported missing children. Then he offered her a snack.
“I said, ‘Have you had breakfast?’ and she goes, ‘No, but it’s lunchtime.’ I said, ‘Sweetie, you’re right,’” Sgt. Allen said. After checking whether the child had any allergies, Sgt. Allen gave her a mandarin orange from his own lunchbox, claiming she was “really excited.” She ate all of it. However, she was still hungry, and then said, “Why don’t you have any donuts?”
Sgt. Allen said. “Just like Santa Claus has reindeer, she thought all cops have donuts. It was just one of those hilarious funny moments. … I said, ‘No, we don’t always eat donuts. … We have to stay in good shape to catch bad guys!’”
Sgt. Allen and his partner were shortly able to trace the little girl’s address and took her and her 4-year-old sister, who was also outdoors but had not wandered so far, to the care of relatives.
“Total time she was out was probably about an hour and a half,” Sgt. Allen said. “Just a wonderful, adorable kid. I hope for the best for her all through life, and I’m glad that I was able to help her get back home.”
Basically, I guess one might say that Jonathan Allen is merely a good cop doing his job. However, because all we ever hear these days is how unthoughtful, uncaring, and rigid our policemen are, I was happy to read about this caring Jefferson County, Colorado law-enforcement officer.
Thank you, Jonathan Allen, for all you do.
7/9/23