An Indiana police officer turned a traffic stop into the best Christmas present.

Violator Experience Kindness from a Traffic Officer

A woman from central Indiana had the most memorable experience - a good one from a traffic officer. It turned the traffic stop into an act of holiday kindness for her and her young daughter.

Salon manager in the Ulta Beauty store, Megan Nierman says she is raising her 2-year-old daughter without child support because her ex-husband lives in another country.

Megan Nierman

On that unfortunate day, Nierman says she was pulled over for speeding near the intersection of Avon Avenue and County Road 150 South. In addition to speeding, her license plates were expired.

Due to their current family status, she had no money to pay for the violation and told the officer about her situation.

Sergeant Evan Love with the Hendricks County Sheriff’s Office says hearing Nierman explain her situation touched him.

Avon Avenue

“Just from talking to her, I could tell she had a ton of stuff on her plate,” Love said. “I felt bad writing her the ticket in the first place, so I tried to help her out.”

Sgt. Love wrote Nierman a speeding ticket but made her a deal. He told her if she could take care of the expired plate within a week, he would tear up and cancel the speeding ticket.

Nierman was able to take care of her expired plate within the time period and Sgt. Love made good on his promise to get rid of her speeding ticket.

Hendricks County Sheriff Dept. 

Thankful and touched by to Sgt. Love's kindness, Nierman says she thought the whole thing was over at that point. But Sgt. Love says immediately after the traffic stop, he began making calls to members of his family.

“I got ahold of my parents and my sisters and we all chipped in to do this for her,” Love said. “Not a huge big deal, but I just wanted something to help her out and make the holidays a little bit easier on her.”

After a few days, Sgt. Love, together with his wife and two children surprised Nierman at work. They told her they wanted to offer her something to help her through the holidays. After exchanging hugs, they left her a Christmas card with something extra inside.

Nierman was tearful because of Sgt. Love and his family's generosity.

“I went out to my car and opened it in private, and there was a Target gift card for $300 in it,” Nierman said.

Nierman was tearful because of Sgt. Love and his family's generosity. “It means I can take care of my daughter’s Christmas,” Nierman said. “It means a lot, it means everything.”

“The little things that you can do for people mean the most,” Love said. “So just throughout your day, if you can be kind to somebody, help somebody out, encourage people to do that.”

“Kindness extended, received, or observed beneficially impacts the physical health and feelings of everyone involved.”

- Wayne Dyer