So many young people today feel entitled to get what they want without exerting any effort themselves. It certainly is refreshing to hear a story that says otherwise.

Jourdan Duncan, 18-year-old, works nights packing boxes for a nutritional supplement company in Benicia, California. It’s a short 7-mile drive from his parents’ home to work. When his car broke down, that easily changed and he had to walk two hours each way, going to work and heading home.

He could have asked for a ride, but remember, he works the graveyard shift. His parents are most likely asleep around that time.

He explains his reasoning.

“I didn’t want to burden others by asking for a ride.”

Someone is Watching

Benicia is a small city of under 30,000, located in Northern California. And it seems that its police department is keeping an eye.

Benicia Police Cpl. Kirk Keffer, noticed something was off when he saw this young man walking on the streets of the industrial part of town, late at night.

In an interview with CNN, Keffer, a 10-year-veteran of the police department, had this to say.

“The street that I caught him on is really dark, and there’s no sidewalks. And he was dressed in all black.”

Keffer stopped to question Duncan one night, while he was on patrol.

Turned out to be an inspiring encounter.

Both of them did not get what they expected that night.

As a young black man, Duncan was worried when he was pulled over by police.

In an interview with CBS News, Duncan says,

“I noticed it was a police car, and I was like ‘Oh, Okay. I’m not going to move. I don’t want him to think I have any weapons.”

Duncan explained that he was just walking on the way home from work. After finding out that there were no problems or crimes that needed to be investigated, many officers would have just driven away.

Officer Keffer was not one of them. He offered Duncan a ride.

When asked what struck him about Duncan, he answers,

“His drive. His work ethic. To me, that speaks volumes.” He continues, “Not that many 18-year-olds you meet have that kind of mindset. They don’t even want to walk down to the store, let alone walk 7 miles just to get to work.”

When Keffer heard that Duncan had been offered rides to work, but that he’d refused, because he wanted to make it on his own, he knew he had to do something.

The Beginning of an Unlikely Friendship

During their drive home, Keffer found out more about Duncan. He found out that Duncan had just graduated from high school. He met one of the executives of the lab at church and he was offered this job.

What he really wanted was to become a police officer after going to college.

They exchanged numbers. Duncan didn’t expect to see the officer again. But officer Keffer had other ideas. He spoke with his supervisor about meeting this young man with incredible work ethic.

They considered buying a car for Duncan, but it wasn’t practical. They decided to get him a bike instead. So, after a vote from the police association, funds were allocated. They bought Duncan and a $500 mountain bike. They made sure it could handle the hills Duncan walked up and down to work.

One night, Keffer, and a few other officers from the department, waited for Duncan to get off work. They could not wait to surprise him.

He recalls,

“I was thinking I hope he doesn’t think he’s in trouble for any reason.”

When Duncan approached, they presented him with the bike, saying,

“Hey, we just want to recognize you for your hard work and dedication. A lot of people your age don’t have that. We just wanted to reward you and help you with your commute back and forth and we hope you will accept this bike on our behalf.”

Duncan couldn’t believe the bike was for him.

Keffer and Duncan developed a friendship from then on. They have even started a GoFundMe page to help pay for Duncan’s college education.

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Source: CNN