Stealing presents from children on Christmas Eve is about as low as it gets. But fortunately for one family, Lieutenant Vincent Turner was working the Christmas Eve shift.

Turner, a 28-year veteran of the force, received a call on the night of December 24 about a family of four in Langston/Carver whose home was cruelly burglarized while they were out having a holiday meal. Sure, Turner could have simply filed a report, got on with his paperwork and moved along. But he gathered up a bunch of other officers, put together a bundle of toys and delivered them, as Assistant Chief Diane Groomes put it, “via the sleigh outfitted with a siren.” According to ABC7, Turner, who grew up in the neighborhood where the crime took place, even purchased some games with money out of his own pocket, repaired the window where the burglar broke in, and outfitted it with bars so that someone wouldn’t break in again.

So what motivated Turner to go so above and beyond?

“You can take something but you can’t take a person’s joy,” Turner said. “You got to teach the kids that, you know, you may have a temporary setback, but it’s a better day tomorrow. Joy will come.”

I don’t care how cynical you are, that’s pretty damn heartwarming.