In California, a police officer adopted a homeless child who asked for help.

The life of a Santa Rosa (California) police officer changed after meeting with a pregnant homeless woman who asked him for help.

Photo: Facebook / Santa Rosa Police

33-year-old policeman Jason Whitten answered the call of a woman who said she was looking for a home for her unborn child, writes Fox News.

According to the father of the baby, the woman suffers from drug addiction.

“Like many people I spoke to, I learned about her life and her story. I knew her other two children from the foster care camp I worked at. When she started talking about them, I immediately felt a connection with her because I knew her beautiful children,” Whitten said.

The officer took the pregnant woman to a rehabilitation center. Once she asked if he wanted to adopt her child, but, according to the policeman, he was not sure that she was not joking. The woman gave birth in February 2018. Heroin was found in the girl’s body after birth. When asked by the officials whether the woman intends to place the girl in a foster family, she said that she would like to give the baby to Whitten.

“She said, ‘I know you have daughters. I know that you are firm but fair,” the homeless policeman recalled the words.

On August 30, the Whitten family officially adopted the girl and named her Harlow Maisie Whitten. The baby now has three older sisters.

“I immediately fell in love. She is so adorable, she starts crying if she needs something, like all children do, but as soon as you touch her, she immediately stops crying. She realized she was safe,” Whitten said.

Colleagues congratulated the officer post in Facebook.

“Congratulations to the Whitten family and welcoming the little one to the Santa Rosa Police Department family,” the post reads.

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