By Rachel Collier
WDRB
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — On any given afternoon, you may spot Anthony Holt and his friends on Powell Avenue right after school. “We usually come out here and throw the football, or play on that basket rim,” said Holt.
The rim he is talking about is a bottomless milk crate, nailed to wood on a telephone pole. It is something that caught Officer Tyler Holland’s eye. “You can see what they were playing basketball in, you know on a telephone pole and I was like y’all deserve a goal and he [Holt] was like you won’t get me a goal, and I was like man yes I will, bet I will,” Holland said.
Officer Holland spent $130 of his own money on some kids he has grown to love. He patrols their street about five times during his shift, and often chats with the kids. “They know my car, they know what I look like. Any time I come through they flock to my car and I get to talk with them, develop a relationship with them,” said Holland.
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