Florida boy calls emergency number to invite police to Thanksgiving

Emergency call dispatchers in northern Florida received a call from a young boy inviting police to his family's Thanksgiving dinner.
Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson said the call on Thursday from young Billy had "melted all [our] hearts".
"While we do not encourage this use of 911... we are so honoured at the invitation," Mr Adkinson said in a Facebook post.
Thanks to his phone call, two sheriffs paid Billy "a special visit".
The officers also brought him a sheriff's badge and allowed him sit in their patrol car.
A spokeswoman for the sheriff's office,... read more
25 November 2016 in
World News,
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