A Midhurst resident, killed in the line of duty with York Regional Police last summer, will be honoured Thursday.
In honour of Detective Constable Robert Plunkett’s support of the Special Olympics, York Regional Police has renamed its annual Law Enforcement Torch Run the Rob Plunkett Memorial Torch Run, which will go through Newmarket
Plunkett was killed August 2, 2007, while probing a car airbag theft ring in Markham.
The Torch Run raises funds and awareness of the Special Olympics movement worldwide. Law enforcement officers from more than 30 countries around the globe and from every state and province in North America carry the Flame of Hope in honour of Special Olympics athletes in their area and around the world.
Plunkett co-chaired the Special Olympic World Winter Games in Toronto and in 2000 chaired the Special Olympic Spring Games held in York Region.
The Rob Plunkett Memorial Torch Run will begin with an 82-kilometre relay that will leave OPP Headquarters in Orillia at 5:30 a.m. The relay consists of 10-kilometre increments that will run into the Upper Canada Mall, on Yonge Street in Newmarket, where opening ceremonies will commence at approximately 2 p.m. The Master of Ceremonies will be Joe Bowen, the voice of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
At 2:30 p.m., the final leg of the run will take place. This is a nine-kilometre route that will wind its way through the streets of Newmarket, ending at the York Regional Police Association Building, located on Stonehaven Avenue.
Officers support Special Olympics through personal donations and the purchase of Torch Run T-shirts. They will also be collecting donations along the route. All cash collected goes directly to Special Olympics Ontario.
For further information on this event, please contact Sergeant Robyn MacEachern, OPP at 329-6299, or Sergeant Dave Goodbrand, Barrie Police at 717-3033.
For more information on the Rob Plunkett Memorial Torch Run or Special Olympics Canada visit the links provided.
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