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A little kid wanted to play, so this cop put lunch plans on hold

Photo: Brooke Shannelle via the Rocky Mount (N.C) Telegram

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Photo: Brooke Shannelle via the Rocky Mount (N.C) Telegram
By Jennifer Brett
Feb 3, 2016

A police officer making a lunch stop at Chick-Fil-A put his plans on hold when an adorable fellow diner decided it was play time.

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Photo: Brooke Shannelle via the Rocky Mount (N.C) Telegram

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My hometown paper, the Rocky Mount (N.C.) Telegram, shared this photo and post by Brooke Shannelle:

"This was so cute!! Sitting in Chick-fil-A today in Rocky Mount on lunch this little boy came in with his mom spotted this police officer ran and high-fived him," Brooke wrote. "It was too cute. He then handed the police one of his cars and started racing the cars. The mom was calling the kid and the officer waved her off, asked the server to bag his food and kept playing. Kudos to this RMPD officer!!!"

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