It's been five years since Tiffany Hall was arrested and was going through a cycle of substance abuse and addiction. Now, she is on the verge of becoming a college graduate and credits her success to the police officer who arrested her.
Hall first met Lt. Jim Foster when he arrested her on drug possession charges in Long Beach, California. This was just the first of many encounters between Hall and the compassionate policeman.
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“I became a product of the environment I lived in – a drug infestation – and I had become that,” Hall said during his recent police department meeting. “But then somewhere, somehow Lieutenant Foster became a part of my life. For some reason, he always took me to jail.”
Hall says that whenever Foster took her to the police station, he would talk to her about her situation and encourage her to make better choices.
“She was a unique personality,” said Foster. “Very good humoured. She was great with words and I noticed that she had a tough exterior but a kind interior.”
Foster's kindness had such a positive effect on Hall that it eventually gave him the courage to step away from drug addiction and turn his life around.
Five years later, the City of Long Beach reunited Hall with the officer for a tribute. During the event, Hall gave Foster an invitation to his college graduation, a ceremony the lieutenant said he "wouldn't miss for the world."
In accepting the invitation, Foster said, “The greatest joy of my professional career is from time to time to have contact with people who found their way out of horrible circumstances and succeed in life. life".
Tiffany Hall plans to pass on kindness by pursuing a career in social work.
