A woman stole food at Whole Foods. The police did what no one expected of them.

A woman caught stealing food at New York's Whole Foods 4 July, should have been arrested.

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But when the police arrived at the scene, they did a very unexpected thing - they paid for the food the woman had taken and did not detain her, he writes. CBS.

The woman’s reaction to this act was tears of gratitude.

“It was a very beautiful, real moment,” Paul Bozymowski, who witnessed the incident, wrote on Twitter.

“She was extremely emotional. She couldn't speak. She just looked at me and said, 'Thank you,'" police Lt. Louis Sojo said of the incident.

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Three officers were on duty near Union Square on July 4 and stopped at Whole Foods to get something to eat. As soon as they entered the trading floor, the security guard motioned for them to approach him - he detained the woman who had hidden the products.

“We looked in her bag. All we saw were packages of food. We didn't see anything else. There were only essential things there. We didn't even discuss this. We just signaled each other to go to the checkout,” said Officer Esanidi Cuevas.

The police escorted the woman to the checkout counter, and each of them paid 10 dollars to cover the cost of the food she took.

“You know, I’ve been doing this for 22 years. This isn't the first time I've paid for food. You don’t do it all the time, but you look at someone’s face and you know they need your help and they’re really hungry,” Sojo said.

According to witnesses, the incident touched not only the woman.

“I know these are things that probably happen all the time but no one notices, and I'm glad this case was noticed,” Bozymowski said.

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The officer's department chief, Terrance Monahan, shared a photo of the incident, noting, "Cops like Lt. Sojo and Officers Cuevas and Rivera from the Strategic Response Team are good-hearted cops who quietly do good things for New Yorkers in need."

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