Galveston Woman Keeps Her Promise To Become A Police Officer

GALVESTON, TX -- Galveston Police Officer Klynn Scales remembers her encounter with Kansas City Police Sergeant Jeff Colvin.

That's because she was a desperate 9-year-old girl, and Colvin, whether he knew it or not, would become her hero.

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In 1998, Scales was living a rough life with her mom and two brothers, and barely staying off the streets some nights while her mother went anywhere she could to do drugs.

The night Scales and Colvin met was particularly bad and was nearly the last for Scales.

When Colvin arrived at the home with other Kansas City Police, he found a severely malnourished 9-year-old girl, according to a KHOU report.

Scales was taken to an area hospital where she stayed for a month.

During her stay, Colvin visited her and Scales told the officer she wanted to be a police officer, just like him.

Colvin encouraged her to pursue her dream and to take care of her family.

Soon, the visits ended and the state got invovled with Scales and her family, KHOU reported.

She and her brothers would eventually be adopted and relocate with their new family to Galveston.

In 2016, Scales and her long-ago mentor reconnected, and in May, Colvin was there to pin on Scales' badge when she graduated from the police academy.

The impact Colvin had on Scales is strong, and now she is hoping she will be able to work with troubled children and help them beat the odds, too.

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