Officers filled an elderly man's pantry with enough groceries to last him a month. (Source: Facebook) 
 
 Saturday night, a call came in at the Mount Pleasant Police Department that tugged at the heartstrings of officers that were on duty. 
 
 An elderly man called dispatch saying that he had not eaten in two days. Officers quickly jumped into action. 
 
 Officers Brian Gray, Nathan Bolton, Buddy Odom and Adam Runions went grocery shopping and bought enough food to fill the man's pantry for a month. 
 
 The officers delivered the food to the man and even put the groceries in the cabinets for him. 
 
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 MT. PLEASANT, Tenn. (WKRN) – A group of Mt. Pleasant police officers are being recognized for going out of their way to help an elderly man over the weekend. 
 
 Saturday night, the 79-year-old disabled man called dispatchers and said he had not eaten in two days. 
 
 A short time later, a group of officers showed up at his door with several bags full of groceries. 
 
 The officers had spent $160 out of their own pockets to make sure the man had enough food in his kitchen to last him a month. 
 
 “I think he was shocked at the amount of food that we bought and just the fact that it was there without question,” said Nathan Bolton. 
 
 A picture of the officers stocking the man’s cabinets was posted on Facebook and the good deed has been shared by people across the country. 
 
 “It’s difficult for us to see as police officers. We’re out here to take care of the public at large and that doesn’t always mean stopping a car. Sometimes it’s us doing little things like this,” said Mark Billions. 
 
 The police officers have since been praised for going above and beyond the call of duty. 
 
 The elderly man, who asked News 2 not to use his name, said he appreciates everything they did to help him. 
 
 The man is on a fixed income and relies on his social security benefits each month. 
 
 He said he didn’t have any money to buy food because a former caretaker stole his debit card last weekend. 
 
 She was arrested by the Mt. Pleasant Police Department Sunday night and has been identified as Tammy Brooks, 36, of Mt. Pleasant. 
 
 Police say they have surveillance video showing her using the stolen debit card at various retailers. 
 
 She is charged with theft and fraudulent use of a debit card. 
 
 She was booked in the Maury County Jail. 
 
 Mt. Pleasant police have started a food pantry to help citizens in situations like these. 
 
 They are accepting canned food donations at the police department.
– The Tennessee town of Mount Pleasant is living up to its name through its police officers, who responded to a call from an elderly disabled man in the best way possible. WKRN reports that the PD received a call Saturday evening from the 79-year-old resident, who said he lived on a fixed Social Security income and that he hadn't had a bite to eat in two days. A caretaker had stolen his debit card the weekend before, he noted. So the officers showed up at his door with $160 worth of food (enough to last a month, per WAFF) that they paid for themselves—and they even put it all away for him. "We would like to commend these fine Mount Pleasant Police Officers for going above and beyond the call of duty," a post put up Monday on the police department's Facebook page reads. They also arrested a suspect in the debit card theft: 36-year-old Tammy Brooks, per WKRN. And the officers decided to take their good deed further: They've since started a food pantry and are now asking for donated canned goods to help others in similar situations, per the station. (Another moment of kindness on an NYC subway.)