Louisiana Officer Makes Autistic Teen's Dream Come True

The teen's dream is to be a police officer, so a Jennings PD officer presented him with his own uniform on his birthday


Barbara Schmitt, ABC News | Friday, January 25, 2013

JENNINGS, La. -- A Louisiana police officer has gone above and beyond the call of duty by making a mentally disabled and autistic boy's dream come true.

Blaize Richard's life dream has been to be a police officer, said his mother, Angie Richard, so for his 18th birthday on July 28, 2012, she coordinated a visit from one of the Jennings, La., Police Department's officers, who presented Blaize with his own police uniform. Several weeks later, Blaize also was able to visit to the department.

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