By Police1 Staff
SAN FRANCISCO — Officers helped a stranded woman and her son find a hotel after they were turned away from shelters, KTVU reported.
The woman had travelled from another city after being evicted from her apartment, police told the news site. She was supposed to stay with a friend but couldn’t get ahold of her once she arrived in San Francisco.
The woman and her autistic 15-year-old son were turned away from multiple shelters that all cited their inability to accommodate minors with disabilities.
An officer who was called to one of the shelters paid for a room at the Hilton Hotel for two nights for the pair.
A group of officers spent $400 for the hotel and groceries for the family.
“Who knows where they could’ve ended up, but when we got the call our goal was — we’re not going to have them end up on the street,” Officer Brian Kneuker told KTVU.