Dennis Peek, the recently-fired Wendy’s worker with Down syndrome, is not totally retiring but — he is about to stay out one in every of his lifelong desires by changing into a police officer.
That is every kind o’ excellent … seems Dennis is a large fan of “The Andy Griffith Present” — his sister Cona Younger Turner tells us her brother particularly loves Barney Fife, the hilarious deputy performed by Don Knotts.
She says Dennis is aware of a couple of of the officers within the close by city of Mount Holly, NC, and after they noticed what occurred to him at Wendy’s … the police division determined to place him on the drive for a day.
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We’re informed Dennis shall be sworn in on Thursday … they’re going to give him a uniform and a hat that he will get to maintain as soon as his shift is over. He is gonna be busy, using in a police automobile, a police boat and he’ll test in on a couple of companies within the division’s golf cart.
ICYMI, Dennis’s story went viral when he bought fired from his job on the quick meals chain final week after devoting 20 years to the corporate. Cona claimed managers informed her Dennis could not do his job like a “regular” particular person.
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As we reported, Dennis would not know he was terminated … his household opted to inform him he is merely retiring.
Along with his Mount Holly PD put up, Dennis is getting a retirement send-off bash from his hometown of Stanley, NC … which can be giving him the important thing to town and a commemorative plaque.
