Our Police Department employees take time to be involved in the community. It’s important for the public to see that those charged with enforcing our laws are also law-abiding, community-minded citizens as well. This photo shows a good example of that. They may not look like Police Officers in their running gear, but that’s Lt. Tracey Luke on the left and Officer Ann Bogren on the right (with a torch in her hand) running in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for the Minnesota Special Olympics. The run came through Minnetonka; into Eden Prairie; and then on to Edina. This is a shot of the run during its Eden Prairie leg.
It takes a fair amount of planning to carry out an event like this. This is a shot of what the support operations looked like for the run. It included bicycles and a patrol car.
I’m proud that our officers were willing to help promote an organization and event so honorable as the Minnesota Special Olympics. You can learn more about the Minnesota Special Olympics by checking out their webpage at: http://www.somn.org/index.htm
