Category: Torch Run
Going the Extra Mile: Five Officers Run Every Leg of Day 1 of San Diego’s 2025 Torch Run
By Chloe Petch Every year, law enforcement officers across the region lace up their running shoes to carry the Flame of Hope for Special Olympics Southern California. Agencies take turns ...
The 2025 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin: A Torch of Hope and Inclusion
The Special Olympics World Winter Games in Turin, Italy, will be a global celebration of unity, talent, and inclusion, and at the heart of this event is the Law Enforcement ...
Ryan LeBaron Gears Up to Carry the Flame as 2025 LETR Final Leg Torch Runner at World Games
Commander Ryan LeBaron of the Long Beach Police Department has been selected as a Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) Final Leg Torch Runner for the 2025 Special Olympics World Winter ...
Athlete Michael Leon to Represent SOSC at the 2022 USA Games Torch Run Final Leg
Before competition begins in June at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, an elite group of law enforcement officers and Special Olympics athletes will escort the Special Olympics ...
Michael Zabarsky to Represent SOSC LETR at the 2022 USA Games Torch Run Final Leg
Before competition begins in June at the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in Orlando, an elite group of law enforcement officers and Special Olympics athletes will escort the Special Olympics ...
A Torch Running Pioneer
by Tessa Sechler Many say that people who are runners like it because they get to be alone. Others say that they find friendship in the groups they run with. ...
Officer Highlight: LETR Final Leg
By Jack Sarantos While the Special Olympics Southern California Summer Games are a special time and event for the organization and its athletes, the lead up to the games rivals ...
LAPD Captain Sees ‘Great Honor’ in USA Games Final Leg
Captain Al Labrada of the Los Angeles Police Department sees pride and joy when he watches the athletes of Special Olympics Southern California. There's a palpable competitive spirit among the ...
Final Leg Gets Things Started
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The 49th annual Special Olympics Southern California (SOSC) Summer Games will take place June 9-10 on the campus of California State University, Long Beach. The Opening ...
Hard Work Brings Torch to Games
For 27 years, Eric Ledesma has been a police officer and in each of those years, he has been involved with Special Olympics through the Law Enforcement Torch Run. Now ...