LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Chance Anthony grew up wanting to be in law enforcement, like his dad and brother before him, preparing at an early age by riding along with troopers and visiting the state police post in Elizabethtown.
Even though he was born without the portion of his right arm below the elbow, Anthony majored in criminal justice in college and moved closer to his goal when the city of Leitchfield hired him as a police recruit in 2019.
He then enrolled in the Department of Criminal Justice Training’s academy in Richmond, where he won two awards for excellence and was told he had graduated. But when it came time for the graduation ceremony, Anthony’s dream took a nightmarish turn: He said he was pulled aside and told by the head of the state training department that he had actually failed…