Police officer buys shoplifter the suit he tried to steal for a job interview

A police officer bought a shoplifter a suit he was caught stealing for a job interview.

Constable Niran Jeyanesan (pictured above) said he wanted to give the offender a second chance.

The officer and his partner were called to a Walmart store in Toronto on Sunday night after staff there apprehended a shoplifter.

The culprit, an 18-year-old man, was caught trying to steal a shirt, tie and socks.

When the officers arrived at the scene, he told them he had tried to steal the suit so he could wear it at a job interview.

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Although he was called to the store to arrest the man, Mr Jeyanesan decided to give him a second chance.

Not only did he release the man from custody without charge, but he purchased the items of clothing for him.

‘This young person has been facing his own difficulties in life and he was looking to straighten out all that by providing for his family and trying to get a job,’ Mr Jeyanesan told CP24.

‘This individual didn’t have any resources. He wanted to go get that job. That was in his mind. I think he truly made a mistake.

‘Police officers do this every day and they don’t get recognised for it. We don’t look for any recognition,” he said.

‘A core part of policing is helping people and I think we do that every day.’

Mr Jeyanesan’s staff sergeant, Paul Bois, hailed his officer’s gesture.

He told CP24: ‘I think the officer did a fantastic job. He exercised his discretion, definitely showed some humanity in dealing with this particular individual.

‘Every circumstance is different and in this particular case the individual had undergone some personal difficulties and the officer wanted to help him out with that and I think collectively that’s why we are all here doing this job.

‘We need to make a positive difference in people’s lives. I think he did.’

(Picture: CP24)