12-year-old boy lives out his dream, becomes Buffalo police officer for a day

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo police gave a 12-year-old boy from Pennsylvania a day to remember as he became an officer for the day.

You may recall our previous reporting on Joshua Eastman. He was diagnosed with high-risk acute lymphoblastic leukemia four years ago at the age of 8. In 2022, to cheer him up, a social media post asking for law enforcement patches went viral, leading to hundreds of police agencies sending special deliveries to Joshua in the hospital, including many from Western New York.

WATCH: Boy in Pittsburgh hospital requests police patches; Buffalo police officer hand-delivers dozens

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