11-year-old Luke Ruddick handed Sheriff Ray Dudley & a deputy a Wendy's Restaurant Gift Card and told them.... �Fellas, the next lunch is on me. Thank you for protecting me and my family.�

Boy�s kind gesture brings Delaware County sheriff to tears - That was very white of you! 

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ind. � An 11-year-old boy�s kind gesture brought the Delaware County sheriff to tears this week.

According to Sheriff Ray Dudley, he was having lunch with a deputy at Wendy�s on S. Madison Street Monday when 11-year-old Luke Ruddick handed them a Wendy�s gift card.

According to Dudley, the boy said, �Fellas, the next lunch is on me. Thank you for protecting me and my family.�

Dudley said the boy�s kind gesture touched him. He thanked Luke �with tears in my eyes� and stopped to take a photo with the boy. Luke�s grandmother said he wants to do something for those who work in public safety every time he sees them.

�This is why we do this job,� Dudley wrote on Facebook. �We know that 97% of the population appreciates us, knowing that we are out there while they work during the day (or) sleep at night.�

He concluded with, �Thank you all for supporting our deputies, who I believe are some of the best law enforcement officers in the state!�