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Cute photo: Young boy awarded Junior Deputy badge

Viewer Kristine Gill shared this photo of her grandson getting a Junior Deputy badge from a St. Johns County Sheriff's Office deputy.
Viewer Kristine Gill shared this photo of her grandson getting a Junior Deputy badge from a St. Johns County Sheriff's Office deputy.
By WJAXTV - Jacksonville
Oct 14, 2015

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A young boy was awarded a St. Johns County Sheriff's Office Junior Deputy badge by a SJSO deputy.

Kristine Gill captured the interaction between Deputy Rafael Fuentes and her grandson Emerson in a heartwarming the photo.

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Gill said Emerson was playing in the driveway with his parents and Fuentes stopped to award the boy a Junior Deputy badge.

Fuentes even turned on his siren and lights for him, Gill said.

Gill wrote that it is nice to see "great officers out there."

Cmdr. Chuck Mulligan told WJAXTV that Fuentes "is very involved with children to include Special Olympics and our Police Athletic League. He is currently our Guy White Recipient, which is our Deputy of the Year."

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