A DeKalb County police sergeant is receiving one of the first “Hometown Hero” awards in the country for his work helping connect young people with law enforcement through the Police Athletic League program.
Sergeant Howard Jenkins said he was part of a Police Athletic League, or PAL, program while growing up in Detroit during the 1980s and 1990s.
“The relationship between the police department and children and even adults, was not the greatest during the 80’s and the 90’s,” Jenkins said…