After terminally ill girl’s dog stolen, police mow family’s lawn, wash house

BURLINGTON, NC (WFMY) — The stolen companion dog of terminally ill 8-year-old Dakaia Gray still hasn’t shown up, but that hasn’t stopped the Burlington Police Department from taking action in heartwarming fashion.

Sgt. Sappington with the Burlington police department says their motto is to solve the problem, not the call.

“We can easily go to a call and get off of it as soon as we can, take the report and leave. But if we can try to make the quality of life a little bit better for somebody, or even solve the problem for them to where it doesn’t reoccur, that’s what we’re trying to do.”

That’s exactly why the Burlington Police Department went on yard duty Sunday!

The department decided to help out because they noticed the yard could use a little work and they wanted to do something nice for Dakaia and the family.

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