Viral Good Guy: Police Who Buy Anti-Rabies Shot for Beggar Praised by Thousands Online

06/6/2015 | 4:21 0 Posted in Local Issues

PO2 Jalandoni paying at the counter for Granma’s anti-rabies shot

06/06/2015 – Manila | A social media post by a certain Celine Anne Giguera Hugo about a police buying anti-rabies shot for an old beggar went viral yesterday. The post was reposted by PNP on its official page and received more than 8,000 likes and 17,000 shares in less than 24 hours.

According to the wall post by Miss Hugo, she was at San Lazaro Hospital when she saw a policeman helping a grandmother. She thought the two were related. The policeman then bought anti-rabies shot for the old woman.

After learning that the old woman was a beggar and that she had no money to pay for her medication, other people who were at the scene contributed some amount.

The PNP office and netizens lauded the police officer, who later on identified as P02 Jalandoni.

The original post by Miss Hugo. Click to see larger view.

The gesture earned not only the admiration of those who witnessed the event but thousands of netizens as well.

“Officer Jalandoni is one in a million. Similar incident happened in downtown LA where a police officer bought a pair of boats for the beggar as caught in CCTV. Officer Jalandoni could run a funded charity foundation someday without the help PDAF,” Fil-am Facebook user Henry Hover posted on his wall.

“Meron pa rin naman palang pulis na kagaya nya (PO2 Jalandoni,” a tweet by @mantis32

/Dina Lito/ Assisted Press