Video: Dream fulfilled: 9-y/o battling terminal cancer sworn in as honorary police officer. https://t.co/bEfWXW1qNl pic.twitter.com/5zhUWiDxJn
— Chaskel Bennett (@ChaskelBennett) September 15, 2016
We wanted to follow up on this story and show you how the ceremony went. Ithaca now has a great new police officer.
Via ABC:
A 9-year-old battling terminal brain cancer has joined his local upstate New York police department as an honorary officer, allowing him to further his dreams of helping people, his parents said.
On Monday, the Ithaca Police Department welcomed Colin Hayward Toland to the police force, holding an official ceremony where Colin’s family, friends and fellow officers witnessed as he was sworn in as a police officer.