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Police officer goes viral online for buying formula for mom and baby: 'Hats off to him'
By Jasmine Baehr
Published July 11, 2024
An Ohio police officer has gone viral on Facebook for an act of charity towards a postpartum mother and child, thanks to bodycam footage.
Corporal Hunter Willoughby responded to a "frantic phone call" according to a Facebook post from the Miami Township Police Department.
According to the Facebook post, the call was from a "post-partum mother who advised she was unable to feed her one week old infant. Cpl Willoughby went into action and alerted employees at Meijer & they helped (the store was closed at the time)."
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"Cpl Willoughby personally purchase[d] some formula and bottles for the mother and delivered the items to the appreciative mother and he refused to accept any payment for the formula or bottles," per the Facebook post.
Corporal Hunter Willoughby of the Miami Township Police Department purchases infant formula and bottles in response to a 911 call from a postpartum mother. (Miami Township Police Department via Facebook)
In the video, Corporal Willoughby can be seen choosing formula on the shelf at the Meijer store. When an employee suggested he should purchase a bottle as well for the infant, he said, "Good thinking!"
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One commenter named Kelsi Corcoran said, "This is what the world needs more of. Hats off to him today."
Corporal Hunter Willoughby of the Miami Township Police Department purchases infant formula and bottles in response to a 911 call from a postpartum mother. (Miami Township Police Department via Facebook)
In their Facebook post, Chief Mike Mills shared, "You don't often hear about everything a police officer does in the course of their shift, but I do and this is an example of the Miami Township Way."
The bodycam video currently has over 6,000 likes on Facebook.
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