Alan Hernandez

Alan Hernandez wanted to be a police officer his entire life.

Born in Zacatecas, Mexico, he came to the U.S. when he was 4. But when Hernandez approached the Avon Police Department to volunteer when he was 15 years old, the answer was no.

The department couldn’t work with Hernandez because of his immigration status, he said.

Hernandez persisted. He got his permanent residency and – eventually – a job as a police officer. Today, Hernandez is a detective in this small Rocky Mountains community, just a few miles west of the well-known ski town of Vail.

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