On June 30, a police officer in Jonesboro, Arkansas completed the DoorDash delivery slip after the scheduled driver was arrested.Jonesboro Police Department released the body camera lens delivered to them Facebook The next day, they shared that they were “proud” for the police officer to “beyond the scope of his duties.”
The video showed the police officer walking to a house and knocking on the front door. When a man with a fuzzy face answered the door, the police officer asked for a woman named Shirley.
The man then opened the door and asked the officer to talk to Shirley, but the officer told her, “You don’t have to get up. Your DoorDash person has been arrested, so I brought you your food.”
Shirley thanked the police officer who smiled and handed the food to the man at the door.
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K9 officer Levi Chism is the officer in charge of delivering food.According to the incident report obtained Weekly newspaperWhen he noticed that DoorDash’s driver, 22-year-old Justin Gist, did not give a signal when changing lanes, he initiated a traffic stop. Gist was quickly arrested for lack of liability insurance and his driver’s license was revoked. He was also arrested for failing to appear in court to accept previous charges.
A spokesperson for the Jonesboro Police Department told Weekly newspaper After another official expressed concern about the customer, Chism decided to deliver the food.
The spokesperson said: “The officer Taylor Williams who arrived at the scene was worried when he learned that the driver was out and did not reach the destination.” [Chism] He found the address of the recipient himself, and gave the meal—Chinese food—to Ms. Shirley. “
Interestingly, this is not the first time Jonesboro police arrested a DoorDash driver during a delivery.
The spokesperson said: “Unfortunately, no food was provided in the first incident.” “To make matters worse, the recipient of the delivery was an off-duty JPD official.”
Although there is no official agreement that states that officials must complete delivery when arresting delivery drivers, the department does encourage its officials to provide assistance in any way possible in handling these unique arrests.
Earlier this week, a viral video showed Domino’s delivery driver arrested for stealing Amazon packages. This video was posted by TikTok user @prettyprincess30 and has been viewed more than 500,000 times. In the comments, she claimed that she was able to track the driver and arrest him because Domino’s where he works is the only place in the area that provides delivery services.
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