A cadet at Apollo Career Center received a boost towards achieving his dreams.
Allen Madlock received the Chief William K. Davenport Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded to an African American Student enrolled in Apollo's Basic Police Academy.
Madlock received the scholarship after many individuals recognized his passion to work in law enforcement -- in addition to his overall goal of helping youth in the community find their way in life.
"I know that he wants to work with the youth and anybody who has had a similar upbringing that he's had, just let them know that there are avenues that they can explore, and that there is nothing that is holding them back," said Paul Robbins, Cridersville Police Chief. "He's obviously showing that. This is what he wants to do and he went after it and he's doing it."
Chief Davenport served the Lima Police Department and was the department's first African American Chief of Police from 1968 to 1978. The scholarship keeps true to what Davenport believed, that being a policeman was more than putting people in jail but also helping people and the community.
