Jacksonville Police Department, Onslow County Sheriff's Office participate in annual torch run
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Tuesday is the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run in Jacksonville.
The run includes Jacksonville Police Department officers, Chief Jarad Phelps and Onslow County Sheriff's Office deputies. This benefits Special Olympics North Carolina, a non-profit that helps intellectually disabled athletes compete in twenty different sports programs year-round.
The run will begin with police officers at the Department of Public Safety and onto the Onslow County Sheriff's Department where the torch will be passed to deputies for leg 4 at Piney Green Road.
The Flame of Hope is carried across the state in The Torch Run Final Leg to light a cauldron that officially opens the Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games. The Jacksonville Police Department has participated in the annual run for over 20 years.
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