After Zion Westbrook -- who is non-verbal and has autism --
recently ran away from home again due to frustrations communicating his
thoughts and feelings, the responding police officer who helped find him
decided he needed to do more to help.
"We've been to the residence numerous times, and when
we brought him back again, I decided to ask his mom if there was anything
special she needed or anything we could do to help prevent Westbrook from
running away again," said Officer Richard Hartnett, an 11-year-old veteran
of the Franklin Township Police Department in New Jersey.
Hartnett told ABC News that Westbrook's mother, Zimora
Miller, explained to him that she believed Westbrook, 16, was frustrated that
he couldn't express his thoughts and feelings to her.
To read more on this story, click here: How a NJ Police Officer Helped a Non-Verbal Teen with Autism Express Himself
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