Oh, well this is heartwarming.
Police officer Josh McConnell was working down at a pier on Tuesday when a little girl walked up to him with her mum by her side.
‘She was about 3 [or] 4 holding a teddy bear,’ Josh wrote on his Facebook. ‘I heard her mother tell the little girl to tell me.’
‘I turned and asked what I could do for her and she hands me her bear.
‘I tried to give it back but she refused. She looked up at me and said it was to keep me safe.’
Bit emotional.
Apparently the little girl has a law enforcement officer… Read the full story