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Holt has 28 years of experience with the Florence Police Department under his belt. He also has instructor experience at MWSCC and UNA.
Holt said the police department and the City of Florence mean the world to him and that he intends on keeping the area a safe place to live.
“It’s honor to me. It’s kind of been my family for almost 29 years,” Holt explained. “So what it means to me is it’s a high standard. If a person wants to come here and be a police officer, one they can rest assured that they’re going to be alongside and taken care of by some awesome people.”
Holt said he feels the exact same way for the entire Florence community. His number one priority is the safety of everyone in Florence whether you live here or are just visiting this side of the river.
Florence, Alabama is another place with deep historical significance to the Trail of Tears.
Tom Hendrix has spent the last 30 years building this mile-long monument to his great-great grandmother.
Some retirees take up fly-fishing or gardening. After retiring from a Ford Motor Company aluminum plant in Sheffield, Alabama, in 1983, Tom Hendrix started building a stone wall with his bare hands.
Even though it’s still a work in progress, the Wichahpi Commemorative Stone Wall is currently the largest unmortared wall in the United States, built to memorialize Hendrix’s Native American great-great grandmother, Te-lah-nay. The wall represents Te-lah-nay’s journey back to her homeland after being relocated to Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Missing the “singing” Tennessee River she had grown up next to in present-day Florence, Alabama, she spent five years retracing her steps, eventually making her way back to her Yuchi tribe’s native land.
Learn more about Tom Hendrix’s Wichahpi Commemorative StoneWall in Florence.