<em>Um... You have to include the text that goes along with this story so that we can answer the question correctly. I don't want to make you mad about this because I know that there are people who would get mad about this sort of thing but I just wanted to let you know that without the text we won't be able to answer your question the correct way, meaning that you would likely get it wrong.</em>
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<em>Thanks for reading this and have a Merry Christmas,</em>
<em>Miri</em>
I think there is a shift at “...assured him”. From reading the beginning, you would think the person is under arrest, “stay where you are”. But, the sentence goes on to say that the police officer ‘assured’ him that. He could’ve been in danger, so the officer was telling him that help was on the way, just stay put.