{"id":35466,"date":"2017-03-31T11:28:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=35466"},"modified":"2017-03-31T11:28:24","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:28:24","slug":"meet-tarleton-state-universitys-deaf-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2017\/03\/31\/meet-tarleton-state-universitys-deaf-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Tarleton State University’s Deaf Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tarleton State University’s Deaf Officer<\/p><\/div>\n

GOOD MORNING TEXAS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meet Tarleton State University’s Deaf Officer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dawn Hensley, WFAA<\/p>\n

March 29, 2017<\/p>\n

The sounds of spring fill Tarleton State University, but not everyone can hear it. Inside this campus police department, things are a little different for one officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m different because I can\u2019t hear. I\u2019m the same because I can do what you\u2019re doing. Sometimes you just have to find a different way of doing it,\u201d said Officer Scott Daily.<\/p>\n

Officer Scott Daily was born two months premature, and had to undergo three blood transfusions. Doctors believe that may have led to his hearing loss. But his mother taught him early on, he\u2019s really no different than anyone else.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy mom, she was the motivator. She was always pushing me to the best I can be. And \u2018don\u2019t let anything stop you from doing what you want\u2019,\u201d Daily said. \u201cI love challenges. I love people saying \u2018you can\u2019t do that.\u2019 And it just makes me that much more motivated to show them I can do it. It\u2019s been \u2018Well, you can\u2019t play football\u2019. Well, I went in the 5th grade and I played football. And I made it all the way to college football.\u201d<\/p>\n

After college football, baseball and some rodeo, with the help of hearing aids daily decided to follow his father into law enforcement. His father, who had his own obstacles.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was working for Santa Fe Railroad at the time of the accident, and he was run over by a train in 1970. My father was my inspiration,\u201d said Daily. \u201cHe was the Chief of Police in Newton, Kansas and did it all 43 years in a wheelchair.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Daily knew he could do it too.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are three things I learned in life that I still do. One: be determined. Two: dedicated. Three: committed. Those are the three things I live by. If the glass is half empty, fill it up,\u201d Daily said.<\/p>\n

Now, he spends his days patrolling this sprawling campus talking with students and faculty, but Officer Daily doesn\u2019t stop there. He also helps with the American Sign Language Club at the university. It not only helps the five deaf students on campus, but helps him keeps him fluent in sign language.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really think he views it as a strength; just like someone who\u2019s bilingual. Well, he is bilingual; he can sign. So it\u2019s a strength to him and us,\u201d said Tarleton State University Police Chief Matt Welch.<\/p>\n

\u201cLearn to work with people who are different than you,\u201d Daily said. \u201cI think that\u2019s my strength. I can empathize and work with people of different cultures and disabilities better than some because I\u2019ve been through that. And that\u2019s my reward when they say, \u2018Hey, thanks,\u201d
\nOff-campus, Officer Daily is married with two sons.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth kids were born normal. One is 26, and one\u2019s 16 about to be 17. And they both rodeo, and live normal lives too,\u201d Daily said.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the ones closest to him, who keep him motivated to inspire others.<\/p>\n

\u201cI remind myself I am blessed to be where I am now, doing what I\u2019m doing. With the support of my family, my friends, and God\u2026 if I didn\u2019t have the lord in my life, I wouldn\u2019t be doing what I am today,\u201d said Daily. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things that\u2019s happened in my life that its impossible to say there is no God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Along with his faith, he lives by three simple letters: FFC. Always be fair, always be firm, and always be consistent.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere as a lot of things people said I couldn\u2019t do and I just turned around and showed them. I did everything I wanted to do other than three things before I pass away,\u201d Daily said. \u201cThe biggest is to become an actor in an action-packed comedy movie. Once I\u2019ve done that I\u2019ve pretty much done everything.\u201d<\/p>\n

And as for the other two, he says we will have to wait to find out\u2026<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/entertainment\/television\/programs\/good-morning-texas\/meet-tarleton-state-universitys-deaf-officer\/426498545<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GOOD MORNING TEXAS Meet Tarleton State University’s Deaf Officer Dawn Hensley, WFAA March 29, 2017 The sounds of spring fill Tarleton State University, but not everyone can hear it. Inside this campus police department, things are a little different for…<\/p>\n

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