The interaction of Salt Lake City Officer with the woman emphasizes the police efforts to combine homeless people with resources

Salt Lake City – the homeless is never just an easy job.

Officers will often clean up after the crimes when fighting fighting fights and drugs lead to bad and unpredictable behavior.

“You really never know what will happen here in the city, but that is fun,” said Salt Lake City, Gabe McQueen when he drove through the city center with a KSL -TV crew on Wednesday.

McQueen, who came to SLCPD two and a half years ago with experience in public relations and crisis management, said he welcomed the faster pace on the streets.

“I really loved the aspect of simply getting people in the worst time of their lives and helping them get back on their feet,” he said.

That means there wasn't much in his time as an officer who really surprised him – except what happened on March 23, what was caught on body camera.

McQueen said he had met a woman on the streets he recognized from a previous reaction to a drug problem about a month earlier.

“She happened to be someone who held me to me,” said McQueen.

The officer said that the woman in this first encounter had outlined her fights with addiction and homelessness, who had led to losing custody for her daughter.

“We had a very detailed conversation about how sober and this soberness helps her to become a mother again,” said McQueen.

It seemed that the conversation in which McQueen connected the woman with potential resources helps when he met her the second time.

In the recorded conversation, she said McQueen that she was pulled out of the state for treatment.

“This place has a grant of $ 12,000 for people who want to be sober,” she enthused. “They help you get a house, a car.”

The woman admitted in conversation that it was the right way for her.

“If I don't do it, I don't know if I have it out,” she admitted.

As soon as the officer found out about the progress that the woman had achieved, he encouraged her and gave her a high five.

“Seriously, continue – it's only one step after the other,” said McQueen during the interaction. “I'm so damn proud of you.”

McQueen confirmed on Wednesday that he could not have been surprised and pleased.

“It is quite rare to meet where people use the resources we have,” said McQueen. “I only wish her the best of luck and she can continue her journey to sobriety and hopefully she can rebuild this relationship.”

He hoped that his experiences with people who deal with negative circumstances would help him have more success stories on the street in the future.

“This background gives me the ability to have compassion and try to relate and better understand where these people are, but also what kind of them brought there to try to achieve the basic cause of their unfortunate situation,” said McQueen.