Sarasota Cops Carry Torch For Special Olympics: Video

SARASOTA, FL -- Sarasota cops carried the torch for the Special Olympics on Good Friday as more than 300 Florida law enforcement agencies participated in a statewide torch run to benefit the athletes of the Special Olympics Florida.

The Sarasota Police Department received the torch from members of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office in the parking lot of Paradise Plaza Publix around 8:30 a.m. on Friday. The supermarket is located at 3825 South Osprey Avenue.

Watch as Sarasota police officers carry the Special Olympics torch through city streets:

More than 5,000 officers carry the torch throughout Florida each year. Sarasota police have participated in the event for more than 20 years.

Officers took the torch on Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41), past the split with North Washington Boulevard and continued north with a right turn on Adams Lane, ending at the Sarasota Police Department Headquarters, 2099 Adams Lane.

From there, officers took the torch from Adams Lane, north on East Avenue to Main Street and then west on Main Street through downtown Sarasota to the Unconditional Surrender Statue.

Donations can still be made via Sgt. Kenton Montegna at the Sarasota Police Department (2099 Adams Lane, Sarasota, FL 34237). For more information, call Montegna at 941-366-8000 (Ext. 7817) or send an email to Kenton.Montegna@sarasotaFL.gov.

All proceeds go to supporting Special Olympics athletes. For more information and routes for other counties in Florida, click here.