Law enforcement officers know that handing out a ticket isn’t always what keeping the peace and serving the community calls for. It sometimes means stopping by an elderly neighbor’s house to connect a new 50-inch flat-screen, because they’re not a tech-literate—or just having a bad day. Such was the case late September, when Officer Coates pulled over David, 79, for speeding near his home in Sterling Heights, Michigan. Dashcam footage of the stop shows David, clearly out of it, lumbering out of his car to meet Officer Coates face to face. David, who was speeding, is distraught and tearfully pleads to the officer that everything’s been going wrong that day. Coates deemed it a fairer bargain to console the man and ask him what the matter was instead of doling out a fine. David is heard saying, “My wife’s real sick, and my son is mentally ill. I really try …