Officers save 2-year-old girl’s birthday after scam leaves her father broke

PHOENIX (AZFamily/Gray News) - Two Phoenix police officers responded to reports of a scam that left a father penniless days before his 2-year-old daughter’s birthday – then used their own money to buy her presents, moving him to tears.Officers Alessandro Figuccio and Tanner Schnieder, partners at the Phoenix Police Department’s Cactus Park Precinct, have worked together for about a year. Their paths to policing were different: Figuccio said becoming an officer was a childhood dream, while Schnieder was a truck driver before he decided to change careers.About two months ago, the officers reviewed their call log and saw a call that stood out. A man who said he worked for DoorDash got a call that appeared to come from the company, Figuccio said. The caller told him his account had been deactivated and directed him to enter a code at a kiosk to reactivate it. Soon after, the man’s last paycheck was gone.Officers step in to helpFiguccio and Schnieder went to the man’s house to take his repo