DALLAS, TX – The Dallas Police Department’s newest recruit had a slightly different take on the job after his first spin in a police cruiser Monday.

Kyle Spriggs was taken for a high-speed ride on Monday by Officer Matt Passmore as part of his tour of police operations. The Oklahoma boy, joined by mother Patricia Spriggs and sister Christina, met officers in March after his backpack was stolen while he was in Dallas for treatment.

“I want to do it again. I want to do it until I barf,” Kyle Spriggs said as the car came to a stop. “Who needs a roller coaster?”

Or even a uniform.

Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle made 8-year-old Kyle an honorary officer Monday, three months after Dallas officers befriended the Oklahoma boy. They met after Kyle’s backpack was stolen during a trip to Dallas for chemotherapy treatment for a brain tumor.

The backpack, which was stolen from the family’s car when they stopped at a restaurant for breakfast, contained Kyle’s medicine, homework and video games. His parents, Chris and Patricia Spriggs, dutifully reported the theft – which occurred the day before Kyle’s birthday – to Dallas police but didn’t expect much more.

But when Officer Matt Passmore heard about the theft, he and Senior Cpl. Bill Knobel and Officer Mike Nealey raised $1,200 to replace the stolen medication and repair the car window that thieves broke to get to Kyle’s backpack. They also gave him a PlayStation Portable, a birthday card, and a couple of video games and movies.

“Matt just happened to be the one who answered the call,” Sr. Cpl. Knobel said. “He, Mike and myself decided to do something about it, and it ballooned into all of this.”

The boy’s parents recently contacted Dallas police asking if Kyle could see his Police Department friends again. Officer Passmore went to work setting up a tour.”They planned all of this for us, for him. Matt made all the arrangements for us,” Mr. Spriggs said. “It takes his mind off all he’s going through.” Kyle’s brain tumor has left him blind in one eye.

As Chief Kunkle presented Kyle a plaque Monday making him an honorary police officer, he made him an even bigger offer.

“When you get better, we expect you to be a Dallas police officer,” the chief said.