Haverford resident Chris Feder took a $25,000 pay cut to follow his dream.

Now he’s a Temple University police officer, writes Susan Snyder for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

“It’s never too late to pursue your dreams,” said 50-year-old Feder, who always wanted to be a police officer.

Feder has walked a different career path than most.

He earned a GED at 24 and joined the Army at 30. He served in Afghanistan and continues as a staff sergeant in the Pennsylvania Air National Guard.

 He worked as a volunteer firefighter and was a public safety officer for the now-closed Cabrini University.

Feder left his job last  year as director of rescue services at a private company to go to the police academy.

He graduated Oct. 10 and is starting his new role this week at Temple.

Feder, a Montgomery County native now living in Haverford, was the oldest cadet in his Temple University Municipal Police Academy class.

“Things have come to me late in life, and I’ve always seen myself vicariously through Rocky.”

His wife, Anna, a human resources manager, said Chris has “always embraced unconventionality and he’s spent his life making his own way, against the odds.”

Read more about Chris Feder’s unique career in The Philadelphia Inquirer.