The El Dorado and Augusta teams pause to celebrate the trek, support and inclusion the Flame of Hope represents. The Andover team ended their route at the intersection Central and 159th Street. Union County Sheriff’s deputies say more than 500 people descended on Lakeside Park around 4 PM and were drinking and doing. Because this doesn’t happen in this community. The runners were made up of dispatchers, police officers, EMS crews, one K9, deputies and more. (WCJB) - Judy Stegall is in a state of shock after a pop-up party tore through Lake Butler Saturday afternoon. Many of these departments have participated in the run since the 70’s, hardly missing a year and passing the flame to the next generations of officers and personnel. The torch was driven into Wichita later for the opening ceremony of the Kansas Special Olympics Games. Usually, the Wichita team would meet the Andover team to complete the trek, but this year, there was no hand off. Friday morning, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office reported. The team stopped at Central and 159th Street, where the travels ended for the day. BUTLER A Fort Wayne man died from injuries sustained in a workplace accident around 2 a.m. Once met with Augusta, the Andover team, which comprised of the Andover Police Department, ran a total of 2.8 miles. The Augusta team ran a total of 9 miles where they handed the torch off near the old John’s Animal World location. The team was followed by one fire truck, one ambulance and two police cars. Once there, the Augusta Department of Public Safety, Butler County Fire District 2 and Special Operations Fire Rescue unit took the torch to trek to Andover. The El Dorado team met the Augusta team at the intersection to hand off the torch and continue its journey to the Special Olympics games in Wichita. “This is just a wonderful way for us to give back and love our community,” said Sgt. This was the longest leg in Butler County. Butler County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Luke Grimes led the team before they started the trek. Starting in El Dorado, the Kansas Department of Corrections, Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and El Dorado Police Department ran 18 miles together from the El Dorado Civic Center to the intersection of Osage Street and U.S. Over 2,000 officers take part in the run annually. The Union County Sheriff’s Office reported that chaos ensued in Lake Butler as a pop-up party spiraled out of control earlier Saturday. Spanning across the state, the run is 1,600 miles in total for Kansas with the longest leg being in Kansas City. A man is suing Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones and two of his deputies, accusing them of withholding and tampering with evidence after a 2014 traffic stop. The run is meant to champion inclusion and acceptance in the community. The Law Enforcement Torch Run, (LETR), founded by Wichita Police Chief Richard LaMunyon in 1981, is a volunteer partnership with the Special Olympics.

El Dorado, Augusta and Andover took part in the run, carrying the Flame of Hope to the next city to pass it onto the next group. the Fairfield Police Department are transported to the Butler County Jail. The application process for this accreditation began in 2011 but was delayed several times while the deputy in charge of the process was deployed overseas as a member of the armed forces.Nikole Babb Friday, law enforcement and public safety officials took to the streets to support the Kansas Special Olympics. Arrests Courts and Police Crime Drugs Indictments Meigs County News News Ohio. They did this voluntarily and it says that right in the proclamation they’re to be commended.” 19 hours ago &0183 &32 Starting in El Dorado, the Kansas Department of Corrections, Butler County Sheriff’s Office, and El Dorado Police Department ran 18 miles together from the El Dorado Civic Center to the intersection of Osage Street and U.S. “Less than 10% of Pennsylvania’s law enforcement has chosen to become accredited and that’s a pat on the back especially when the sheriff’s office is not being forced into it or made to do it. The State Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission recognizes law enforcement agencies from across the state that meet rigorous policy and procedure standards in areas including evidence, fingerprinting, safety, harassment, and hiring.Īccording to Randolph Cox, Somerset Borough Police Chief and presenter of the accreditation award, very few agencies have made the choice to do the work required as part of this process. “It’s a great honor to be able to have policies and procedures in place that are standardized in the industry of law enforcement.” For the first time in the history of the county, the Butler County Sheriff’s Department has been accredited by the state.

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