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Pittsburgh Police Visit Commander Josh Following Surgery

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Officers from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Zone 5 dropped by UPMC Children's Hospital to visit Commander Josh.

Commander Josh, a 13-year-old boy who was born with Krabbe disease, a severe neurological condition that results from the loss of myelin in the nervous system, loves everything police related.

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Recently, Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert alongside the department's new comfort dog Zane, swore in Josh as a Commander.

On Thursday, officers stopped by to visit with Josh and help cheer him up on a day he had surgery.

"The funny thing is... he was the one who put all of us in a better mood!" said Pittsburgh Police in a post on Facebook.

Pittsbrugh Police say as much as they enjoy visiting Commander Josh, they hope he gets home with the rest of his family soon.

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