When Police Pulled Up Behind This Teenager, They Soon Discovered Why He Was Walking In The Dark

Jordan Duncan was walking down a secluded Industrial Road in bisha California when he aroused a police officer's suspicions that cop was Kirk keer and he had decided to stop his car and ask the teen a few questions in doing so though keer discovered exactly why Duncan was trudging through the darkness Duncan comes from Vallejo California and in November 2016 he was 18 years old and saving up for college furthermore in order to raise some cash for school Duncan had taken up a job packing boxes at a Health Products company that business meanwhile was based 7 m away from Duncan's home in the city of bonisha California so in order to get to and from his graveyard shift he relied on his 2001 Volvo at least that was the case until summer 2016 when the car broke down and without his own means of transportation Duncan began to rely on colleag for rides to work however he soon started to feel bad about putting other people out I didn't want to burden others by asking for a ride Duncan told CNN in 2016 as a result the dedicated teens started to walk to and from work the epic journey took over 2 hours each way and it led Duncan through the industrial part of bonisha the very area where cop keer first noticed him and the bonisha police Corporal thought it was strange that the young man was out alone in thatc vacation after 11:00 p.m. on a September night the street that I caught him on is really dark and there's no sidewalks and he was dressed all in black keer recall to CNN with that in mind the officer pulled his car over in order to quiz Duncan and at that point the teen grew a little bit worried I thought okay um did I do anything wrong he told the Washington Post in 2017 is he going to put me in cuffs I didn't do anything bad consequently Duncan told keer how he was walking home from work however when the cop learned that the young man was going all the way to fjo he was stunned as a result he offered to take the teen the rest of the way in his Patrol vehicle recalling their exchange keer later told CNN I said if you don't mind hold on a second I went over to my front seat cleared it out and asked him if I could give him a ride home he's like you can do that I said yeah I can do that on the way home Duncan told keer how he graduated from high school the previous year and was working to save towards College however since his car had broken down he had also been trying to put money aside for its repair as well as giving some cash to his parents the teenager additionally told the cop how he had an interest in law enforcement indeed Duncan revealed that alongside going to college it was his dream to become a highway patrol officer in California and Duncan's drive and determination left keer in awe the idea that the teen would spend 5 hours of his day walking in order to achieve his dreams was seriously impressive to the cop so much so in fact that he really wanted to reward the teenager speaking to Inside Edition in 2016 keer explained people use a long commute as an obstacle not to work I wanted to make sure that he understood a good work ethic and dedication like that is going to be noticed and rewarded therefore when keer returned to the police department later that night he asked his supervisor whether there was anything they could do to help Duncan and as both of the cops were board members of the bonisha police officers Association they chose to email their colleagues with an idea in particular ker and his supervisor suggested that the department bu Duncan a bicycle and less than an hour later the board were in agreement to help the team so later that week the cop turned up at Duncan's workplace with a new bike complete with lights and a helmet certainly the gift would make a real difference to Duncan by cycling to and from work he could cut almost two hours off his daily commute describing keffer's impact the teens said to Inside Edition he helped make my life easier praising the police department in general he added they care about their Community they care about their people and they care to help us however the cops generosity didn't end there after Duncan and keffer's story was picked up in the national news the Police Association launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe the aim was to raise $5,000 so Duncan could repair his car but after just a few days the donations had surpassed 10,000 as a result the associ ation up their target to 25,000 and since the campaign went live in October 2016 it has attracted donations totaling more than 50,000 however despite now having more money than your average 18-year-old could ever dream of Duncan kept his feet on the ground he spent $2,900 on a secondhand Volkswagen for example and is also using some of the cash to see him through college in January 2017 he took up a place at Solano Community College where he decided to major in law enforcement but even though he was busy with studies Duncan still kept his job at the factory and with his work ethic there's no limit to what the young man might achieve especially with the cop as his mentor he stopped and asked for my opinion which meant a lot keer revealed to The Washington Post he's got a bright future ahead of him I just hope he continues down this path