In October 2024, Florence police officer Michael Stanaland and Corporal Kelly Chapman responded to a call to the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
At the Sept. 23 Florence City Council meeting, Florence police chief Jeff Mallery presented Stanaland with a distinguished service award for what happened in the aftermath of the call.
“Not to get into the specifics of the call, it involved a child the Cabinet was seeking placement for,” Mallery said. “At one point during the interaction, a staff member jokingly said to Officer Stanaland, ‘You could take the child home.’”…