Jourdan Duncan: Cops Buy New Bike For Teen Who Walked To Work

By Tactical-Life

Jourdan Duncan, a California teenager who walked over two hours each way to make his job at a contract manufacturing plant, has been given a new bicycle to ease his commute, thanks to the local police.

The Washington Post says it all began when Cpl. Kirk Keffer of the Benicia Police Department saw a lone teenager walking after 11 p.m. on a stretch of road known as Industrial Way a few Saturdays ago.

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“Usually in the industrial area, there’s no foot traffic, so it was kind of weird to see someone walking around on foot,” Keffer said.

Keffer stopped his patrol car and spoke to 18-year-old Duncan, who told him that he was on his way back to his parents’ home in Vallejo after finishing up his shift at Pro-Form Laboratories, where he works on the packaging line from 3 p.m. until midnight.

“Vallejo? That’s like seven miles away,” Keffer says he told Duncan.

The officer then gave Duncan a ride home. During the drive, Duncan told him he graduated from Jesse Bethel High School the previous year and had gotten the job at Pro-Form Laboratories in May. He said he was trying …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life