Midmorning With Aundrea - September 11, 2020 (Part 2)

(Part 2 of 2) A Tupelo cop does a good deed for a man whose only means of transportation was stolen.

A tupelo police officer makes a big difference in the life of a lee county man who had his only means of transportation stolen.

Wcbi's allie martin has the story of how the officer heard about a need, put the word out and saw others step up and help.

Tupelo police school resource officer tremain frison is a frequent visitor to this dollar general on auburn road.

Several weeks ago, he found out that one of the employees had a bicycle stolen.

"i felt bad for him, actually got upset because i have watched this young man work very hard."

For stephen mills the bike was not just for recreation, it was his only source of transportation.

He depended on it to get to and from work everyday.

Officer frison took action.

"the lord put on m heart to reach out to people in our community, see if anybody would pitch in and maybe donate a used mountain bike, what i got instead was generous donations from anonymous people in our community, i got up enough money to where i was able to go to a local sporting goods store and purchase him a brand new mountain bike."

Officer frison surprised stephen one day at work, with his new bike.

Nats from fb video at first, stephen says he was surprised and a little confused.

"it took me an hou and 45 minutes to wrap my head around it, to figure out what was going on.

" officer frison says he got into law enforcement to help others, and live out his christian faith.

"i feel god calle me to do this and we serve and protect, but the key word is we serve first then protect, this was an act of service that we do everyday on the job."

Stephen says the unexpected gift reinforces what he learned as a child.

"my momma alway told me, the smallest thing can help in a big way."

In lee county, allie martin, wcbi news the bike was purchased from academy sports, while wal mart on west main donated the helmet, anti theft lock and light accessory.

Don't you hate it when a stranger intrudes on your property?

And what if it keeps happening?

Steve hartman has the story of one man who took care of it-- in his own way.

Not long ago, dave palazzolo of salt lake city, utah got one of those smart security cameras - and almost immediately, it captured a átrespasserá on his driveway.

Bite dave "you ge the alert and you kind of have an immediate sense of anxiety - oh, someone's going to do harm to me."

That imminent threat?

A 4-year- old on a joy ride - every night - like clockwork.

Bite dave "ping 'person at driveway.'

And you're like, 'argh!

You're interrupting my netflix!'

Steve: how old are you?

Dave: i'm almost 50.

Steve: you're a little young to be doing the whole get-off-my-lawn thing.

Dave: i know, right ."

But dave said ásomethingá had to be done.

So under the cover of darkness, he went out on his driveway and wrote a message to the boy - that basically said - 'kid, you win.'

The next day& bite dave covered "you can almos see the look on his face when he gets it - and then he just charges into it."

That was in june - and from that day to this, dave's driveway racetrack has remained.

Whenever weather washes it away, he simply draws another.

Nat he even built this contraption to keep the lines straight and now researches famous racecourses for track authenticity.

The guy really is serious about his sidewalk chalk.

Nat dave "mak sure i get the intersection right."

Nat "steve: there' a chance you're more into this now than he is.

Dave: it's entirely possible."

Actually, let's call it a draw.

Nat quinn "it's new one, dad!

Woohoo!"

This is quinn - discovering dave's latest creation.

Nat quinn you should know, before the security camera went off that first time, dave had never met quinn or his family.

Yet all summer he has been helping to raise the boy - in this small way.

Quinn's dad, josh.

Bite josh "it's bee amazing - just that we can be a part of something like that - that we can see the good side of humanity.

It feels good."

There are a lot of great dads out there.

But the true measure of a man is not how he raises his own kids - it's how he raises the village.

Steve hartman, cbs news, on the road.