6-year-old ‘police officer’ hands out roses to nursing home residents

a person sitting on a motorcycle in front of a building: Oliver Davis

Oliver’s mother, Brandi Davis, said it was part of her son’s New Year’s resolution to visit more nursing homes. His visit to Westchester Village of Lenexa on April 13 made it the ninth facility Oliver visited in a year, she said.

Oliver made headlines in 2017 after he had 100 police officers from 10 different police stations across two states show up to his house where he thanked them by offering lemonade and various kinds of doughnuts.

“He believes he’s an official policeman,” Davis of Overland Park, Kansas, told ABC News. “We started talking about the idea of passing around flowers as his duty of a policeman, and he loved it.”

The first time Oliver delivered roses to a nursing home in 2017, he received an honorary police badge from the Leawood Police Department in Kansas, his mother said.

Courtney O’Connor, the executive director of Westchester Village of Lenexa, said that along with roses, Oliver also handed out “violations” to the residents that read, “you have received a ticket for being too cute.”

“They loved it, it made their whole week,” O’Connor told ABC News. “He was just as great with the independent living residents as well as the healthcare living residents, less able to take care of themselves … it didn’t even phase him. He was very caring and compassionate and gave everyone a hug.”

Oliver hopes to continue delivering flowers for the remainder of the year.

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