CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Two Clarksville police officers donated their time and resources Wednesday to help a frustrated working mother.
Officer Jeff Derico and Officer Mohammed Dennis were called to a home on Maddox Circle Wednesday morning when a neighbor found a 2-year-old child who had gotten out of the house. The neighbor had knocked on the door of the child’s home, but there was no answer because the mother was asleep.
“The mother had taken precautions and double locked the door, but the 2-year-old is a little Houdini and figured out how to unlock it,” CPD spokesman Jim Knoll said.
Rather than just returning the child or taking legal action, the officers chose to use their own money to purchase two child-safe door knob covers to stop the toddler from escaping. The officers helped install the covers.
“The officers, mom, and child all gave the door a test run to make sure it worked as designed,” Knoll said. “Little Houdini couldn’t open the door, but all the adults opened it with ease.”
