The run, which spanned Pinellas County and included law enforcement officals from eight different agencies, is designed to help raise awareness for the developmentally disabled
A number of Pinellas County police departments and law enforcement agencies took part in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Florida on Tuesday. Officials from three area departments — Largo and Pinellas Park police and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office — participated in the statewide event, which began locally in St. Petersburg and ended in Tarpon Springs. Two Largo PD officers who carried the torch between Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School and the Bayside Bridge told Patch what it means to be part of such an important event. “This is the third or fourth one I’ve done,” officer Amanda Misner said at the conclusion of her leg. “It’s a good cause, so we come out to support it.” Largo K9 officer Jason Misner said even…
Clearwater and Largo police officers and Pinellas sheriff's deputies joined other local law enforcement agencies for the annual event leading up to the Special Olympics in Orlando.
The 2012 Law Enforcement Torch Run took place Tuesday morning, as participants from nearly a dozen local law enforcement agencies took to the streets of Pinellas County to help raise awareness for the Special Olympics. Members of the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office, the Clearwater, Largo and Pinellas Park police departments and other agencies teamed up with area schools to promote the event, in which participating officers passed a torch from one agency to another along the 18-mile route. The event began at 8:15 a.m. at the St. Petersburg Police Department headquarters and traveled north, stopping at Morgan Fitzgerald Middle School before hitting the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office CSI building on 49th Street, going over the Bayside …
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