PHOTOS: Special Olympic Torch Run

Nevermind the heat. The Solon Police Department carried the Special Olympics Torch through Solon today.

The officers took the torch from the Moreland Hills Police Department at SOM Center and Miles roads and ran with it to the Twinsburg line, a distance of about 6 miles.

Check out our photo gallery to see pictures from the event.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run began in Wichita, Kansas in 1981 when the Police Chief at that time, Richard LaMunyon, conceived the idea of the Torch Run as a way to involve local law enforcement with the community and the Special Olympics. 

Today the Torch Run involves law enforcement in all 50 states and more than 25 countries worldwide, making it the largest grass roots fundraising program to benefit the Special Olympics in the world.