QUANTICO, Va. — An 11-year-old cancer patient was sworn in as an honorary police officer for 53 different police departments at a ceremony held Monday at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
Devarjaye"DJ" Daniel's journey to becoming an honorary police officer started several years ago, according to his father Theodis Daniel.
"That first impression was everlasting to all my boys and now all of my boys have been sworn in as honorary officers … and Devarjaye is part of 743 police departments as of yesterday," Daniel told"GMA" in a phone interview Wednesday, adding that DJ was also inspired by a newspaper article about Abigail Arias, another young cancer patient who became an honorary police officer in 2019.
Colon had a custom Franklin Police Division suit badge made for DJ, whom he described as"positive" and"full of energy and life" despite the boy's terminal cancer diagnosis. Lt. Josh Sanders of the Wheeling Police Department in Wheeling, West Virginia, also honored DJ on Monday."What we like to do is help people … so if we can add some health to that young man's life [with these swearing-in ceremonies], that's what we wanted to do," Sanders said.
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