CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A relatively young organization that's helping forge a bond between at-risk youth and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police recognized Wednesday the officers and students doing the most to overcome obstacles and shape their community.

• The Promise Youth Development, LLC organization was created following the Keith Scott shooting
• Officers spend up to two hours each Wednesday mentoring, tutoring, playing sports, or just being a big brother or sister
• The organization was gifted with $1,000 a month for the next year

Tesha Boyd started the Promise Youth Development, LLC organization out of the Albermarle Recreation Center following the Keith Scott shooting.

Through it's partnership with CMPD, Independence and Hickory Grove division officers spend up to two hours each Wednesday mentoring, tutoring, playing sports, or just being a big brother or sister. Three officers were spotlighted for not missing one day in all that time.

"The three officers that'll be recognized are here every week, putting in extra hours to before the program starts, to after it starts," explained Capt. Ryan Jackson, who runs the program from the CMPD perspective. "It truly does help when you go in there in the apartment complex or the neighborhoods around here and the kids see the officers.”

In response to all the work Promise Youth Development has done, CMPD Chief Kerr Putney surprised the organization with a gift of $1,000 a month for the next year.