WHO:
Chief Bryan T. Norwood
105th Basic Recruit Class
Richmond Police personnel
WHAT:
Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run – Capitol Leg
WHEN:
10 a.m. Friday, June 10
WHERE:
Virginia State Capitol, 9th and Grace entrance
BACKGROUND:
Chief Norwood, members of the Department’s 105th Basic Recruit Class, Richmond Police personnel and members of other area law enforcement agencies will participate in the Torch Run’s Capitol Leg, a 7-mile stretch west from the State Capitol to just beyond the city line.
Richmond Police also will participate in the Torch Run’s Final Leg, starting 7:30 p.m. Friday at Tuckahoe Volunteer Rescue Squad and ending at the University of Richmond Robins Center for the start of the Special Olympics games, which the Torch Run benefits.
“It’s a great experience for a great cause,” said Captain Harvey Powers, the Department’s Torch Run coordinator.
This year law enforcement agencies in Virginia have raised $846,000 to fund the important missions of Special Olympics. Locally, the Metro Richmond region’s law enforcement agencies have raised $94,000.
