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Lillie Leatherwood, a Tuscaloosa police officer, two-time Olympian, and soon-to-be Alabama Sports Hall of Famer, believes that a person can do anything no matter where they re from and no matter what their circumstances.
This is a message she has delivered to hundreds of children for more than two decades with the Tuscaloosa Police Department s Police Athletic League, which is a juvenile crime prevention program that pairs at-risk children with officers.
Leatherwood joined the Tuscaloosa Police Department in 1993 and has been assigned to the PAL program since 95. She has served as the program s director since 2013 and will continue to do so, at least until the end of this year. Leatherwood will enter retirement after her last day of work on Jan. 1.