>> all right. do you know why i'm stopping you? >> reporter: officer jeff gulley's stomachache back in january pulled his life to a stop. >> you have four stage colon cancer. >> reporter: what was it like to hear that? >> it's like somebody hit you in the gut. you think, i'm a dead man. >> reporter: in pleasant grove, alabama, gulley's fellow cops felt it in their gut, too. >> it hits you hard. it feels like one of your family members is sick. >> reporter: the 56-year-old career cop put his faith in chemo, prayer and positive energy toward everyone. how has all this changed you? >> it definitely got me closer to my maker. god looks after fools, police, and babies. i got two. i qualify on two. >> reporter: to pay for gulley's family to make a trip, reid started selling blue wristbands for $5. each one has gulley's badge