Law enforcement torch run set for return on May 31 in Albion

Photo by Tom Rivers: Albion Police Chief Dave Mogle carried the torch at the beginning of a law enforcement torch run on June 5, 2023. The 2.7-mile run was held for the first time in Orleans County last year with members of the Albion Police Department. The event is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics.

By Tom Rivers, Editor Posted 20 May 2024 at 2:12 pm

ALBION – A law enforcement torch run will return for the second year on May 31 and will have a different route in the village as well as a chance for the public to be part of the 2.7-mile jaunt.

Members of the Albion Police Department carried the torch for the Special Olympics last year on June 5. The Albion PD wanted to host the run to offer another chance for law enforcement between Erie-Niagara counties and Monroe to be part of a torch run. (Batavia also hosts one in Genesee County.)

“We wanted one in Orleans County,” Albion Police Chief David Mogle said last year. “We welcome more agencies to be a part of it.”

Albion has invited other law enforcement agencies, as well as community members to be part of the run on May 31.

It will start at 11 a.m. on South Platt Street at the municipal lot, go to Chamberlain Street and take a left to Route 98, then a left on 98 to Route 31, then a left on 31 to the school campus, then a left on Clarendon Street to Crimson Drive, then a right on McKinstry Street, a left on Chamberlain and lastly to the municipal lot on Platt Street.

To participate in the run, be at the Albion municipal lot at 151 Platt Street by 10:30 a.m. to register. This lot is across from Dunkin’ Donuts. There is a $25 charge for a short sleeve shirt or $30 for a long sleeve.

For more information contact Lt. William Annable of the Albion Police Department at annable@albionpolice.com, Village Trustee Tim McMurray at tmcmurray@villageofalbionny.com or Erica Rappel of the Special Olympics at eraepple@nyso.org.