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PROVO — Two Provo police officers are getting some recognition on social media for the way they responded to a domestic assault call.
Officers Lauren Loch and Joshua Combs responded to an assault call at 974 W. 600 South on Feb. 2. They said this is a routine call, but when they got there, they found a woman whose husband had violently threatened her, then left with her cellphone and all her food.
But what really made the officers feel for the woman was the fact that she was wheelchair bound — an amputee — with no means to fend for herself in that moment and no way to get to the nearest store to buy more food.
“She was just trying to downplay it and say, ‘Oh, I can wait until tomorrow,’” Combs said. “Which I’m sure she could have, but why should she have to?”
So Combs and Loch went to a nearby Smith's grocery store and bought groceries for the women. When they returned, the woman said she was going to make them a sandwich.
The woman’s husband was arrested later that night.
Social media has praised the officers, but they say it’s nothing extraordinary, just another part of the job that often goes unnoticed by the public.
For Combs and Loch, what they did was just part of their job. Nothing more.
“It’s obviously not a part of our job description. We’re law enforcement,” Combs said. “But I can guarantee you, every single officer in this department got into the job so they can help people. These are the kind of situations that we look for.
Contributing: Freeman Stevenson
