FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Andrea Blakeway

Public Relations Specialist

ablakeway@kennerpd.com

Office: (504) 712-2244

May 14, 2009

Kenner Police Department to participate in

Louisiana Law Enforcement Torch Run on May 20

KENNER—The Kenner Police Department, along with other law enforcement agencies in southeastern Louisiana, will participate in the 24th annual Louisiana Law Enforcement Torch Run on Wednesday, May 20, 2009 to benefit Special Olympics. Officers with the Kenner Police Department have carried the flame through the streets of Kenner since the event came to Louisiana in 1985.

To date, the Law Enforcement Torch Run is the largest fundraising and public awareness campaign for Special Olympics programs around the world. Last year’s Louisiana Law Enforcement Torch Run raised more than $175,000 for Special Olympics Louisiana.

The route for the Kenner Police Department will be as follows:

Beginning at approximately 8:00 a.m., runners will start out at 5708 Airline Drive (Victory Christian Academy) and proceed west on Airline Drive to Williams Blvd. They will then proceed north on Williams Blvd. to Veterans Blvd. and will continue running west on Veterans Blvd. until runners reach the Kenner Police Complex, located at 500 Veterans Blvd. The approximate length of the route is 6 miles.

For more information: For more information on this event, please contact the KPD Community Relations Division at (504) 712-2294 or at nguggenheim@kennerpd.com.

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