Acts of Kindness
Cops Show Up After Boy Calls Emergency Line To Invite Them To Birthday
There's no way he's going to forget this birthday.
Laura Shallcross
03.26.21

If you have your own children, you’ll probably have plenty of memories from when they were around 4 years old and going through the typical “crazy toddler” stage.

We can all recall a time when turning your back on your child was a terrible idea – you could turn back around to discover they’d colored on the walls, shaved their heads, or let the hamster loose in the backyard.

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For one New Zealand mom, turning her back on her son had particularly embarrassing consequences.

Sarah’s nearly-five-year-old-son had big ambitions for his upcoming birthday party: he wanted to invite the police.

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He knew, like all smart kids, the number for the police. So, what did he do? He called them up to invite the cops himself.

Sarah must have realized what her son was up to, and hung up the phone – but it was too late.

A few minutes later, she received a call from a police officer named Jen. The hilarious audio footage of the call was shared in a Facebook post by North Shore, Rodney & West Auckland Police with the caption: “Kids do the darndest things… like calling 111 to invite the Police to their Birthday Party…”

In the call, mom Sarah can be heard saying:

“Hello. I’m very sorry, that was my nearly-five-year-old son. He was just telling me that he wants to invite the police to his birthday party. I’m really sorry. I feel a bit embarrassed.”

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It’s no surprise that Sarah’s embarrassed – we all know the importance of only calling the police in an emergency.

As Sarah continues to apologize, Jen tells her it’s fine, and she just wanted to make sure that everything was okay. Sarah replies:

“No, no, we’re all safe and well, but yeah, he had just been telling me he wanted to have a police-themed birthday party, and then I didn’t realize he was going to phone through. I’m so sorry.”

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After laughing awkwardly about the situation a little more, Jen jokes,

“I don’t know if we’ll be able to make it, but we’ll put it in.”

Sarah probably thought that was that – she could put the embarrassing moment behind her.

But she didn’t realize that behind the scenes, local cops were planning to fulfill her son’s wishes after all…

Fast-forward to Saturday, July 1st – the day of five-year-old Zachary’s party. The officers are filmed as they get their gear together and head over to Zachary’s home for the best surprise ever!

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When the cops knock on the door, Zachary is clearly blown away by their arrival, enough to attempt to turn them away when they ask if they can talk to him (something only a five-year-old could get away with).

But when the police promise presents, the birthday boy changes his tune and lets his unexpected guests inside.

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In the next few clips, we see Zachary and his friends having a fun time with the cops, dressing up in police gear and hanging out in the cop cars.

It’s safe to say that Zachary’s birthday party was exactly how he’d imagined – even if mom Sarah never could have expected the police to show up at her front door!

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You can listen to the hilarious phone call and watch Zachary’s unforgettable birthday party in the video below.

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