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State Police Superintendent Receives Organization’s Top Award - Colonel Thomas F. MacLeish has been named Delaware’s “Torch Runner-of-the-Year.” Released Thursday April 3, 2008Dover - Each year Delaware Law Enforcement for Special Olympics (LESO) selects an officer for this top honor. As a consummate volunteer and a diplomat for Special Olympics one of the honors and privileges of being named ‘Torch Runner-of-the-Year’ is the recipient delivers the Flame of Hope to the Special Olympics Delaware Athlete of the Year during the Opening Ceremonies of Summer Games.Delaware State
Police Superintendent Tom Mac Leish’s volunteer efforts with Special
Olympics Delaware started over twenty years ago, long before his
rise to one of the state’s top Law Enforcement positions. Through
the years he has presented medals at games, directed and organized
the safety components of the annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge,
participated in several fundraising events, and run Mac Leish will officially be honored at the Chiefs of Police meeting on Tuesday, April 8th, in the Community Room of the Dover Police Department. The brief ceremony will be at 10:00am and he will be available for interviews immediately following. Special Olympics Delaware Law Enforcement Torch Run is a yearlong effort to raise money and awareness for the organization. Throughout the year, over 550 law enforcement officers participate in various Torch Run activities. With more than 60 of Delaware’s Law Enforcement agencies involved in the Torch Run, over 25% of all police officers in the state participate. |
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