Two young boys are having a big impact on the Grand Prairie Police Department.
David Roberts and his brother Noah, ages 10 and 6 respectively, said they wrote the letter to thank the police for what they do.
Their deep, heartfelt sentiment has touched each member of the department.
Their unedited letter reads:
"Dear Mr. and Ms. Officer,
Our names are David and I am 10 years old and my brother's name is Noah and he is 6 years old. Our mom is a single mom and she has talked to us alot about all the things thats going on in this world and one thing was what to do when you get stopped by a police officer and we want you to know this:
We as a 10 and 6 year olds we see you. We see that you chose the right seat at a restaurant so you can have your back aganst the wall just in case anything happens. We see when you go to a car wrek and a trafic stop and the look in your eyes hoping it is not your last. We both see you all being recorded by everyone's phones while you are just doing your job. We see that that most new people make you look like Joker when you really all are Batmans and Womens. We see that you all are realy tired. We know that you are human just like my brother and me and you want to go home safe to your family and pets. Our mom told us an taught us to respect police, cause they protect and they are God's Angels here on earth.
Thank you.
David and Noah"
Police department public information officer Lyle Gensler said he passed the letter along to every officer in the department and posted it online.
"Once I sent it to the whole police department, some 300 people, my email started blowing up and saying, 'Lyle, I need to see a copy,' 'Lyle, can I post this to my Facebook?'" Gensler said.
"When I read it, it was almost tear-jerking -- to the point that, in this day and age our profession has been in the news a lot, and it's a lot of negative going on in the news, so when I read this letter it really portrayed a lot of good seen from a child's eyes, which really meant a lot to me," said Gensler.
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The boys' mother, Erica Roberts, said she teaches her sons what is happening in the world, but didn't realize they noticed so much.
"I tell them about things, about police brutality and what not to do, and how to act right in front of the policeman, how you should respect others," Erica Roberts said.
"I was taken aback [by the letter]. I lost my breath for a second and I had to sit down, because I was not ready for them being 6 and 10 to write that grown-up of a letter, so to speak," the mother said.
"We'll just see the police officers on the side of the road or helping somebody in need whenever they act like it's nothing, whenever it really is," said 10-year-old David Roberts. "They do actually save some lives sometime or help lots of people."
