City Of Louisville: Mayor Fischer, Chief Shields Announce Signups For Louisville Metro Police Activities League

Louisville KY

06 January, 2022

5:22 PM

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Press release from the City of Louisville: January 06, 2022 Call the LOU HEALTH helpline 502-912-8598. Give now to the relief fund. Mayor Greg Fischer, Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields and community partners today announced the launch of a new Louisville Metro Police Activities League (PAL). The League's mission is to bring together kids, cops and communities through a variety of out-of-school-time activities, camps, clubs and sports. It will initially consist of a basketball program in partnership with the DELTA Foundation and A-One AllStars Inc.; a boxing program in partnership with TKO Boxing; and a culinary program in partnership with Chef Space. The basketball league will start February 5, with the boxing and culinary programs launching in the spring, followed soon after by a soccer league. League programs will emphasize respect, integrity, compassion, accountability and hard work. "Our Louisville Metro Police officers understand the importance of being active, involved members of our community," Mayor Fischer said. "Louisville Metro PAL creates a positive environment for young people and officers to interact, creating opportunities for mentorship and friendship in a safe, fun learning environment. "We have to look no further than our own Muhammad Ali for an example of the good that comes from positive interactions between police and young people," the Mayor added, referring to the fateful encounter between 12-year-old Cassius Clay and Louisville Police Officer Joe Martin, who introduced the future world champion to boxing. Chief Shields said: "It is crucial for LMPD to develop positive experiences with our youth. The Louisville Metro Police Activities League will offer programs where officers and youth meet in an environment for both to learn and grow, an opportunity that I believe will be truly exceptional." The Mayor and Chief also thanked the local partners and the National Police Activities League. "When they reached out to me about bringing PAL back to Louisville I was so excited because it meant we would have a great and established community partner that has been very successful in the past with engaging youth with creative programs," said Anthony Howard, Director of A-one Allstars Inc. "We are very excited about having our law enforcement teammates participating in activities side by side with our youth in the community and start to form a bond that will start to create positive relationships" More information about signing up for Louisville Metro PAL activities can be found at http://louisvillepal.org. Enter required fields How do you want to be reminded? (Street Sweeping requires at least an email) Reminders are sent on the Sunday before and the Friday of your Junk Set Out date. * is required. By subscribing to this reminder service you agree to the Terms of Use. To unsubscribe go to Gov Delivery. Enter your address and MyLouisville will find nearby city services in the following categories: Find your garbage, recycling, yard waste and large-item set-out dates. Sign up for large-item set out and street sweeping reminders by email and text! No form has been selected. Popular Pages Popular Tools This press release was produced by the City of Louisville. The views expressed here are the author's own.