A Denver police officer bought a woman with dementia food and made her dinner last month when he discovered during a welfare check that she had little in her refrigerator.
Officer Andrew Richman met the woman on May 8 at her apartment on the 5100 block of East 34th Avenue after she reported mysterious activity on her bank account.
“Richman took the time to reach the building manager regarding an overpayment of her rent in order to help (the woman) get some of her funds returned,” police said Sunday night .
The woman also told Richman that her adult caregiver, who was supposed to help her for five hours each day, had been leaving work early as of late.
“He then took a look in her refrigerator, to make sure it was well stocked, in case the caregiver did not return,” the post said.” He found only a small amount of milk, a couple of frozen dinners and some food in tupperware containers.”
Police say it was clear to Richman that the woman would not have enough food to last her through the weekend, so he went out and bought her some groceries before returning to make her dinner.
Richman contacted adult protective services representatives to check up on her, police said.
Police called Richman a “top cop.”
Jesse Paul: 303-954-1733, jpaul@denverpost.com or twitter.com/JesseAPaul
