About the Law Enforcement Torch Run International Conference
Law Enforcement Torch Run founder retired Chief Richard LaMunyon once said, "What started in 1981...as a flicker of hope for Special Olympics has now become a roaring flame of stability for Special Olympics athletes worldwide." This is shown each year as more than a thousand law enforcement personnel and Special Olympics staff come together at the Law Enforcement Torch Run International Conference.
Join us November 14 - 16 at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio River Walk hotel in Texas as we recognize achievements, share best practices, network, and explore new ways to continue to raise funds and awareness for the athletes of Special Olympics. This conference will provide a unique opportunity for exhibitors and sponsors to share their goods and services with more than 1,000 law enforcement officers, Special Olympics leaders, and development staff, while simultaneously supporting this significant cause.
LETR Conference attendees will utilize this site to sign up for the conference Torch Run, and Unified Sports Exhibition. You will also utilize this site for the Diamond Bar Raffle and to participate in the Silent and Live auctions.
For updates about the conference or attendee details, please click here to view the official 2024 LETR International Conference website.
About Special Olympics
Special Olympics is a global movement that unleashes the human spirit around the world every day through the transformative power and joy of sports. Through programming in 30-plus Olympics-style individual and team sports, health, education, and community building, Special Olympics is tackling the inactivity, stigma, isolation, and injustice that people with intellectual disabilities (ID) face. Our work goes far beyond sports events, driving social change that enables full social participation for people with ID.
Click here to view our Special Olympics 2022 Reach Report.
About Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics
The Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) for Special Olympics is the largest public awareness vehicle and grass-roots fundraiser for Special Olympics. Known as Guardians of the Flame, law enforcement members and Special Olympics athletes carry the Flame of Hope into the Opening Ceremony of local competitions and into Special Olympics State, Provincial, National, Regional and World Games. Annually, more than 100,000 dedicated and compassionate law enforcement members carry the "Flame of Hope," symbolizing courage and celebration of diversity uniting communities around the globe.
Over the years, the LETR has evolved and now encompasses a variety of innovative fundraising platforms including but not limited to Plane Pull, Polar Plunge, Tip-A-Cop, Truck Convoy, Cop On Top, etc. Since its inception in 1981, the LETR has raised more than $1 billion for their local Special Olympics programs and raised an unmeasurable amount of awareness for the athletes and mission.
LETR Executive Council
