By Police1 Staff
NEW YORK — A man is searching for a New York officer who helped him get to a job interview in time, ABC7 reported.
Fifty-eight year old James Roberts spent the majority of his life running from police.
“I got chased for 11 years when I was doing bad,” Roberts told the news site.
The ex-con had trouble finding a job due to his criminal record. When he finally scored an interview, his hopes were high, until he realized he used his only round trip bus pass to get to the wrong location.
The company was with the airport, where he arrived, but his interview was with the staffing agency a few miles away. With limited funds and time, Roberts was in distress and almost-tearful when an officer approached him.
“He said, ‘You’re not going to walk there and make it there. What time do you have to be there?’ and I said, ‘1 o’clock,’ and it was like 12-something, and he said, ‘Get in the car,’” Roberts said.
Roberts got the job and now wants to commend the officer for his help.
“I love this guy wherever he’s at, I love this guy, and I have to see him, I have to,” Roberts said.
Roberts’ new employer was enthusiastic about finding the officer as well.
“I want this man thanked and I want the public to know that this is the kind of good people that work for the City of New York,” Lee Bowes, the CEO of America Works, told the news site.
Roberts described the officer to CBS New York as 6 feet 2 inches, puffy faced, bald-headed and about 225 pounds. He looks for him every day before work and on lunch breaks.