Law Enforcement Torch Run T-shirts available through May 11

Proceeds go to local Special Olympics

April 19, 2018 at 8:08 p.m. | Updated April 19, 2018 at 8:45 p.m.

by Gazette Staff

Members of the Texarkana, Ark., Police Department head down Arkansas Boulevard on Tuesday morning, May 24, 2016, to kick off the 2016 Special Olympics Torch Run. TAPD has participated in the run for nearly 20 years. The group runs the torch 18 miles to the Miller/Hempstead county line, where it is handed off to the Hope Police Department.
Members of the Texarkana, Ark., Police Department head down Arkansas Boulevard on Tuesday morning, May 24, 2016, to kick off the 2016 Special Olympics Torch Run. TAPD has participated in the run for nearly 20 years. The group runs the torch 18 miles to the Miller/Hempstead county line, where it is handed off to the Hope Police Department.

Texarkana, Ark., Police Department is gearing up for the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run set for May 20 by selling T-shirts to support local Special Olympics athletes.

Event T-shirts are available for $15 until May 11.

During the event, TAPD officers will carry the "Flame of Hope" 18 miles down U.S. Highway 67, then pass the torch to Hope, Ark., police officers.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run is held in 50 states and in 35 countries, raising $20 million annually and recruiting more than 15,000 law enforcement officers from all over the world.

"We hope that you will cheer for us or honk your horn as we run by," a post on the department's Facebook page states.

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