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Law Enforcement Torch Run
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The mission of the Law Enforcement Torch RunŽ for Special Olympics is to raise funds for and awareness of the Special Olympics movement worldwide. Law enforcement officers from 35 countries carry the "Flame of Hope" in honor of the Special Olympics athletes in their area and around the world.

Contact information for the Law Enforcement Torch Run:

Contact: Cheri DeQuattro, +1 (202) 628-3630 or cdequattro@specialolympics.org.

Torch Run Regional Coordinators:

Region I
CT | MA | ME | NH | NY | RI | VT

Region VIII
AK | ID | MT | OR | WA | WY

Paul Zarnetske
West Haven Police Dept.
#200 Saw Mill Road
West Haven, CT 06516
+1 (203) 937-3904
+1 (203) 627-8576 (Mobile)
+1 (203) 937-3993 (Fax)
pzarnetske@yahoo.com
 

Grant Holle
PO Box 8037
Bigfork, MT 59911
+1 (406) 837-6363
freeheeler@centurytel.net

Region II
DC | DE | MD | PA | NJ | NY | VA | WV

Region IX - Western Europe

John Newnan
Howard County Police Department
3410 Courthouse Drive
Elliott City, MD 21043
+1 (410) 313-2105
+1 (410) 313-2272
jnewnan@co.ho.md.us

Sergeant Tim Craig
Castlereagh Police Station
Alexander Road
Belfast BT6 9HH
+1 44(0) 28 9065 0222, Ext. 23171
+1 44(0) 28 9090 1331(Fax)
+1 44(0) 7739075578 (Mobile)
Tim.Craig@psni.pnn.police.uk

Region III
AL | FL | GA | MS | NC | SC | TN

Region X - Eastern Europe/Eurasia

Joe Pellicci
Richland County Sheriff's Department
5623 Two Notch Road
Columbia , SC 29223
+1 (803) 576-3025
+1 (803) 803-309-0703 (Mobile)
jpellicci@rcsd.net

Jacek Hachulski
Centrum Szkolenia Policji
Zegrzynska 121 Str
05-121 Legionowo 3
POLAND
+1 011 48 22 604 35 04
+1 011 48 606 948 222 (Mobile)
+1 011 48 22 604 3504 (Fax)
torchrun@olimpiadyspecjalne.pl

Region IV
IL | IN | KY | MI | MO | OH

Region XI - Canada
AB | BS | MB | NB | NF | NWT | NS | ON | PEI | PQ | SK | YK

Rich Banahan
St. Louis Community College Police Dept.
5600 Oakland
St. Louis, MO 63110
+1 (314) 644-9595
+1 (314) 574-1237 (Mobile)
+1 (314) 729-7926 (Home)
+1 (314) 951-9434 (Fax)
rbanahan@stlcc.edu

Tim Korchinski
Saskatoon Police Dept.
130 4th Avenue, N.
Saskatoon, Sask. S7K 3R6 
Canada
+1 (306) 975-8300
+1 (306) 975-8359 (Fax)
tim.korchinski@police.saskatoon.sk.ca

Region V
IA | MN | NE | ND | SD | WI

Region XII - Far East
Japan | Hong Kong | Taiwan | Australia | Macau | New Zealand

Steve Palmer 
Polk County Attorney's Office
206 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
+1 (515) 286-3623
+1 (515) 208-9467 (Mobile)
+1 (515) 967-9776 (Home)
spalmer@attorney.co.polk.ia.us
pca408@cs.com

Kurt Kendro
Honolulu Police Dept.
1865 Kamehameha IV Road.
Honolulu, HI 96819
+1 (808) 529-3156
+1 (808) 847-6253 (Fax)
hpd1670@aol.com or
kkendro@honolulu.gov

 Region VI
R | KS | LA | MO | OK | TX | UT

Region XIII - Caribbean
St. Vincent | Jamaica | Barbados | Dominica | Antigua | St. Lucia | St. Kitts & Nevis | Puerto Rico | Grand Cayman

Rob Hall
Murray City Police Dept.
5025 S. State St.
Murray, UT 84107
+1 (801) 264-2532
+1 (801) 652-9830 (Mobile)
+1 (801) 264-2568 (Fax)
rhall@murray.utah.gov

Regional Coordinator TBD
Open

 

Region VII
AZ | NoCA | SoCA | CO | HI | NV | NM| UT | GUAM

 

John Pratt
Pleasant Hill Police Department
330 Civic Drive
Pleasant Hill , CA 94523-1998
Phone: 925-288-4610
Fax: 925- 671-7329
Cell: 925-408-4134
jpratt@ci.pleasant-hill.ca.us

 

 

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