KENTWOOD, Mich. — A West Michigan man is extremely thankful two Kentwood police officers came to his rescue late Monday night after his power chair died on the side of the road.
Dominic Russell was on his way home on his power chair when it started to die near 44th and Breton in Kentwood.
Not confident he could make it across the intersection, he became stranded on the side of the road.
After more than an hour, he decided to call 911. Just about 10 minutes later, Russell said two Kentwood police officers came to his rescue.
After brainstorming how to get him home, Officers Joseff and Mendez decided to physically push Russell to his destination.
Together, the officers took turns pushing him in his power chair to his home.
Russell told 13 ON YOUR SIDE, "The kindness that they were able to provide with pushing my chair home...I greatly appreciate it," and, "I think that the city needs to realize that not every interaction is a bad interaction with the police."
Russell posted this to Facebook about the interaction, which was then shared by KPD.
The two officers involved declined to do an interview with 13 ON YOUR SIDE about the interaction, but KPD Captain Tim Wierenga said, "It was just amazing to see that these two officers took that much time to make sure that he was home safe, which is what we do, but it's also, they went above and beyond."