Law Enforcement Officers Lace Up for Special Olympics Texas Final Leg Departure
Written by Post Public Information Representative, May 23, 2011, 0 Comments
Courtesy Maru De La Paz,
LAREDO – Light the way for Special Olympics Texas (SOTX)! SOTX – Laredo area is getting fired up for its 2011 Torch Run Final Leg Departure. The event is a prelude to the 2011 Summer Games in Arlington, May 26-29.
Dozens of Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) agencies – Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), FBI, Laredo I.S.D. Campus Police, Laredo Police Department, U.S. Border Patrol – Laredo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Laredo, Webb County Constable – Precinct 1, United I.S.D. Campus Police, Webb County Sheriff’s Department, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Detention Removal Office (DRE), Rio Grande Detention Center, USMS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air & Marine, and Texas Department of Public Safety – will have a part in the event, which will start with a press conference at 9:30 a.m. on May 24 at Webb County Commissioners Court at 1000 Houston. The LETR team will start the torch run thru the streets of Laredo. The run will take place thru San Bernardo Avenue to Calton Road.
On May 25, LETR officers will continue along IH-35 and stop in Cotulla, Dilley and Pearsall before passing the torch on to SOTX – San Antonio area.
