Sergeant Robert Strand News Today

A 4-year-old Detroit Lakes boy, under-dressed for winter, was found outside by sanitation workers on Jan. 12, which led to the involvement of Detroit Lakes police officers contacting the mother and returning the child. While dropping off the boy to a frantic mother, the officers noticed the family was in desperate need of help, which is how, through a series of calls and donations from the Boys and Girls Club Thrift Store, a family's life was changed for the better.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.

The Chief of the Detroit Lakes Police Department in northern Minnesota shared the kind and compassionate act his officers took, and told no one about, on social media.