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Kudos to the cop, it did however remind me of a very similar scenario I had in the '90s.
I had a short walk in midtown to work and would nearly always pass this same homeless man. I'd think about "whatsoever you do for the least of my brothers" etc and often give him half of my bagel or egg sandwich but never money. One winter day he had no shoes or socks, next day same thing. So I brought in an old pair of boots and wool socks, he was happy as hell, i felt great after carrying them all the way in, but the very next day he had newspapers on his feet again. I asked him what happened and he was just whacked out and incoherent. Whether they were stolen or traded who knows, but I eventually adopted a policy of giving to the Sisters of Charity over panhandlers.
Regardless of whether the same thing happens, the cop is a good egg.