Officers Barry Ward and Terrence Paramore, who work for a small police department in South Florida, told
Newsmax TV they recently happened upon a local family sadly in need of some Christmas joy, and happily brought it to them.
And, in the spirit of the season, they paid for it themselves, without seeking donations from others.
The two policemen, who both have small children of their own, said they were responding to a 911 hang-up call in Boynton Beach, where they are employed, when they discovered the family — and couldn't turn away.
"It was an accidental call by a 2-year-old," Ward told "MidPoint" host Ed Berliner on Monday. "As officer Paramore and I were in the apartment, we saw that [the family] had very little. There was no sign of the Christmas spirit there."
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Turns out the policemen's intuition was right. A little girl approached the officers and said her family was not going to have a Christmas. The officers looked at each other and silently agreed the family should experience the joy of their very own holiday tree.
The next day, Paramore, who joined the department four years ago, and Ward called their sergeant, then they went to a local store and bought the family a Christmas tree and decorations.
The two uniformed Santas then delivered their goodies to the family they had met only briefly the day before.
"When they opened the door, the little girl — the look on her face was priceless," said Paramore, the father of a 1-year-old daughter.
"It was something out of our heart," said Ward, who's been on the force a year. He's the dad of a 3-year-old little girl.
"It was just something that had to be done," Ward added. "[Paramore] couldn't sleep that night. I couldn't sleep that night."
Lt. Paul Deale, the two officers' watch commander, said Ward and Paramore actually broke department protocol by not getting approval in advance.
"They didn't tell me anything about it," he told Berliner. "I found out just as most of the public did, when I saw the video on Facebook and YouTube."
But the holiday spirit is alive and well in Boynton Beach: Deale, a 17-year veteran of the department, said the officers will not face disciplinary action for going solo on this particular expedition.
Deale has a few daughters of his own — his are 8 and 10 years old.
"I was just pleasantly surprised like everyone else was," he said.
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