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Saturday will mark a year since Madison was diagnosed with a rare form of muscle cancer that has since spread throughout her body. She currently is in hospice care, and one of her caretakers contacted the sixth precinct to see if anything could be done for Madison. The little girl had told social worker Lindsay Wooster with Journey Care Hospice that she wanted to grow up to be a police officer so she could "help people."
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"We thought we needed to do something better than just a small meeting,'' CPD chief spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi told TODAY.com. "We were all touched by her story and really wanted to give her a special day."
The officers were going to do a special roll call for Madison before honoring her. When they heard she couldn't make it to the precinct, they brought the roll call to her. All 80 of them then individually greeted her and remarked on her bravery after she was presented with a uniform, an honorary certificate as a lifelong police officer, and a medal of valor.