OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A five-year old girl has been sworn as a deputy of the Thurston County sheriff’s office.
Thurston County Sheriff John Snaza pinned a badge on Lucy Boyd during a ceremony Friday in Olympia. She’ll take over the post of sheriff on August 21.
Boyd, who was diagnosed with leukemia in 2012, is in remission.
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The Olympian says (https://is.gd/vhY7SD ) across the state, children with life-threatening illnesses participate in a program that allows them to be police chief or sheriff for a day.
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