2015 Torch Run

In June of 2015, 13 members of the UW-Madison Police Department participated in the Wisconsin Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run. The team’s goal was to raise money for Special Olympics of Wisconsin by running from the State Capitol in Madison to the Special Olympic Games in Stevens Point – 120 miles!

The team then left Madison at 4:00pm on June 3rd for Stevens Point – they ran relay style all evening, through the night, and into the next day. The team arrived in Stevens Point at 12:00pm on June 4. The UWPD team ran the 120 miles in 20 hours and were able to present a check for $5,905 to the Special Olympics of Wisconsin.

In 2016, UWPD will again run from Madison to Stevens Point in the Law Enforcement Torch Run and hopes to have more participants and raise even more money for Special Olympics.