on TikTok. Officer Lance Hofmeister with the Murfreesboro Police Department figured he was just doing his job when he helped escort 84-year-old Elizabeth Goode to her hair appointment in April.
But unbeknownst to him, his good deed did not go unnoticed. On the morning of April 29, 2022, Hofmeister was patrolling his designated area when he saw Goode walking on a very busy stretch of highway. "That’s part of my zone that I work every day and I just observed her walking down an extremely busy road with her walker," Hofmeister told FOX TV Stations.
Freeze frame from dash cam footage showing Officer Lance Hoffmeister stopping to speak with Elizabeth Goode on April 29, 2022. (Murfreesboro (TN) Police Department)Hofmeister said the highway where Goode was walking is one of the busiest and has some of the highest rates of car accidents in the area. "There were hundreds of cars driving by," he added.
So he decided to stop his cruiser on the shoulder to ask if Goode was alright. "I asked her if she was OK, first of all, and she said yes.