Local law enforcement pounded the pavement Wednesday, June 8.
Officers and other members of local departments took turns carrying the flaming torch for the Special Olympics of Southern California through the streets of Orange County.
Members of the Tustin Police team head west on Edinger Avenue after getting the flame from the Irvine Police Department during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Tustin, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Santa Ana Police team run up Boyd Way towards the police station during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Irvine Police team run west on Edinger Avenue as they prepare to hand off the flame to the Tustin Police Department during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Tustin, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Santa Ana Police team arrive at the police station during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Santa Ana police Commander Joe Marty is all smiles as he takes a group picture with members of the Santa Ana Police team after arriving at the police station during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Santa Ana Police team run through the city during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Tustin Police team hold the torch as they wait for a handoff from the Irvine Police Department during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Tustin, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Tustin Police team head west on Edinger Avenue after getting the flame from the Irvine Police Department during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Tustin, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
OCDA Investigator Troy Hernandez heads up Boyd Way after receiving the flame from Santa Ana police Commander Joe Marty during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Members of the Santa Ana Police team arrive at the police station during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics in Santa Ana, CA, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The torch run, a tradition among law enforcement agencies around Southern California, started May 23 and will end June 12, having made its way through the Inland Empire, Los Angeles County, Ventura County and elsewhere.
Money raised helps the athletes compete in the Special Olympics’s various programs.
The leg through Orange County started in San Clemente on Tuesday, June 7, and on Wednesday the torch made its way through Laguna Beach, Santa Ana, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Irvine, Tustin and Orange.
On Thursday it is expected to travel through Garden Grove, Anaheim, Fullerton, Placentia, Brea and La Habra, and will make its way out of Orange County on Friday.
