Huntsville police officer does his best to change a woman’s life

HUNTSVILLE, Ala./ (WHNT) – A Huntsville police officer recently went above and beyond what was expected of her and changed two lives in the process.

Miss Vicky was evicted from her Crossville home on Valentine’s Day, so she gathered what she could and her service dog, Dubey, to find a place to stay.

“I was scared to death… I wasn’t your average homeless person,” Vicky said. “I got what little I could for myself and Dubey and my medication and rode a mile in my wheelchair. As soon as I got to the police station, my heart started pounding until I couldn’t breathe anymore.”

She ended up in the Guntersville hospital and was eventually transferred to Huntsville. But once she was released from hospital, things only got worse for Miss Vicky.

She lived on the streets until Huntsville Police Officer Amanda Carmean found her here in this parking lot one night.

“Miss Vicky is 68 years old,” Carmean said. “She is physically disabled, severely disabled and requires medical care. She finally went to the hospital that evening and I discovered she was septic. She needed intravenous antibiotics…Miss Vicky is one of the few people I met who was truly alone, she had no one.”

Miss Vicky was no longer alone. She now had a friend and provider in Officer Carmean, who helped her pay for clothing and medication and helped her get into a new apartment.

“I was able to forgo a lot of extras to make sure Miss Vicky had something to eat, a roof over her head, her dog was looked after and her medication was paid for until she could.” I got back in touch with her bank said Carmean.

And on her days off, Officer Carmean drives over an hour to visit her and bring her everything she needs.

“I couldn’t in good conscience go away and leave her. The thought that it made me uncomfortable to see her happy when she smiled, to see her personality come out when she was feeling better, had something to eat and had some hope, was worth all the trouble, that came with making sure she was OK.”

“I still have nightmares about it, I still have nightmares… and I thank the good Lord that she found me when she did. It really means a lot to me,” Vicky added.