A Connecticut police officer is going above and beyond the call of duty making it his mission to take community policing to new heights.
(FOX)- Between his normal police calls and day-to-day duties, Hartford Officer Jim Barrett is dedicated to helping the homeless.
He can be spotted outside Hartford City Hall and the Hartford Public Library putting a smile on people’s faces and helping people get back on their feet.
It started when Officer Barrett met a man named Joseph Edwards in the cold wearing flip flops.
“I started talking to him, he found out I served in the military a couple years and he just he looked at my feet and told me he was gonna change it,” Edwards said.
Within days, Officer Barrett had purchased a pair of shoes for Edwards which inspired the launch of a program, Footwear with Care.
Since launching the program in 2016, the organization has provided more than a thousand pairs of shoes and boots to Hartford’s homeless.