Twelve-year-old Devarjaye “DJ” Daniel of Houston is a young man on a mission. Diagnosed with stage III brain cancer at age six, he has not let his situation interfere with his dreams. His goal, for as long as he can remember, was to become a police officer. At first, Devarjaye wanted to be sworn in by 100 Law Enforcement Agencies. He quickly crushed that goal and is presently a sworn member of over 800 departments. His new goal is to become sworn in to 1,000 agencies.

He is now 14 law enforcement agencies closer to his goal. In a ceremony held Wednesday at the Bossier Sheriff’s Viking Drive substation, Devarjaye Daniel, in a Bossier Parish deputy’s uniform complete with duty belt, was administered the oath of office by Bossier Parish Sheriff Julian C. Whittington. Twelve other area law enforcement agencies then, in turn, presented Daniel with patches, badges, challenge coins and other items. Before the ceremony, Devarjaye spent the day with the Bossier Sheriff’s Marine Unit on Cypress Lake.

Devarjaye Daniel is now a member of the Louisiana State Police, Bossier, Caddo, Webster, and Bienville Sheriff’s offices, the Shreveport, Bossier City, Benton, Greenwood, Haughton, Plain Dealing and Mansfield Police Departments as well as the Shreveport and Bossier City Marshal’s Offices.

Well done Deputy/Officer/Trooper and Marshal Daniel!