Police, deputies take to the road for Special Olympics

Monday, June 4, 2007 2:12 AM CDT

Police, deputies take to the road for Special Olympics

By Pete Wicklund

Journal Times staff

RACINE COUNTY - When some cops hit the streets Wednesday night, they really will be leaving some shoe rubber behind them.

Members of the Racine County Sheriff's Department, Racine city Police Department and the Mount Pleasant Police Department will take place Wednesday nigt and into early Thursday morning in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics.

Participating peace officers will take turns running across the county conveying an Olympic-like torch. Sgt. Brian Zimmermann of the Racine County Sheriff's Department said the Racine County portion of the run will commence around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in the vicinity of Highway 32 and the Racine/Kenosha County line where City of Racine officers will receive the torch from Kenosha County area officers.

Racine police will then convey the torch to the intersection of Highways 11 and 31, where Mount Pleasant officers will take over all the way to the sheriff's Ives Grove substation just west of I-94 in Yorkville, There Racine County deputies will take the torch into Walworth County.

Zimmermann said the event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics program and the Racine County runners annually receive support from several sponsors including the Racine County Deputies Association, the sheriff's command staff association, Waterford-based Runzheimer International, and the Wind Lake Chamber of Commerce.

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