
{"id":22260,"date":"2011-12-08T10:28:38","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carrborocitizen.com\/main\/?p=22260"},"modified":"2011-12-08T10:28:38","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:28:38","slug":"letter-officer-went-above-and-beyond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/2011\/12\/08\/letter-officer-went-above-and-beyond\/","title":{"rendered":"LETTER: Officer went above and beyond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Officer J. Walker of the Carrboro Police Department\u00c2\u00a0went way above and beyond the call of duty today and deserves public recognition.<br \/>\nI felt like a fool for dialing 911, but I was desperate: My cat had bolted 20 feet up a tree in my yard and was stuck.\u00c2\u00a0It sounds comical, but it was serious \u00e2\u20ac\u201c she was on a leash, and I watched in horror as she wound herself around and around branches very high up, with the leash tangling in the branches. I had the horrible feeling she would eventually try to jump down, only for the leash to hang her.<br \/>\nI was distraught and Officer Walker kept me calm, helped me problem-solve, thought of numbers to call and even tried to get another officer to bring a ladder.\u00c2\u00a0Eventually, he just took control of the situation and climbed the tree himself. He undid the leash, grabbed her and got her down to safety. I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe it!<br \/>\nPlease join me in commending him for going far beyond what is expected of a police officer. Thank you also to the 911 responder (I believe his name was Tom) who took this emergency seriously. I know there are many things both parties could have been doing on a Sunday afternoon, but I am so grateful to have had this help. I literally could not think of another thing I could have done \u00e2\u20ac\u201c tree services aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t open on Sundays and I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get a hold of anyone who had a ladder.\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nIn an era when police officers are getting a bad rap, it is comforting to know the Carrboro Police Department are folks to be trusted and depended on, and who are willing to go so far to help their fellow citizens (and their animal friends).<br \/>\nThank you again for making me believe in the spirit of Carrboro\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s goodness. Thank you Officer Walker!<\/p>\n<p>Wendy Spitzer<br \/>\n<em>Carrboro<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officer J. Walker of the Carrboro Police Department\u00c2\u00a0went way above and beyond the call of duty today and deserves public recognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22267,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22260\/revisions\/22267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/carrborocitizen\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}