Mattix’s patrol car is fully equipped with flashing lights and a loud speaker.

Mattix Snedegar was diagnosed with brain cancer when he was four months old. Now a three-year-old, he has undergone brain surgery and chemotherapy.

On Tuesday, November 15, his favorite game of playing policeman became real as Sheriff Bobbie Eggleton administered the Honorary Deputy Sheriff’s Oath. Mattix repeated the words, “I promise to be a good deputy and help people.”

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