All police officers are issued a badge, but you have to be born with a heart like this. When 13-year-old Cameron Simmons called the cops following a fight with his mother, he may have expected help, but there’s no way he could have predicted just how much he would receive.

After speaking with Cameron, Sumter, South Carolina police officer Gaetano Acerra could tell the boy had more issues to deal with than the one he was sent to handle. Cameron told him about the back pain he suffered as a result of sleeping on a malfunctioning air mattress and confided that he really didn’t want to live with his mother any longer.

What happened next may surprise you.

And a desk, and chairs, and a bunch of other things that the boy was in need of.

“My heart went out for him,” said Acerra. “I thought the little things that he needed I could give him, to make him a happier kid.”

Most importantly, Officer Acerra gave Cameron Simmons one of the greatest gifts of all: kindness.

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