Each summer, law enforcement officials carry the Flame of Hope across the state in The Torch Run Final Leg, culminating in the lighting of the cauldron to officially open the Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games in Raleigh. The 2,000-mile, 15-day Torch Run Relay involves more than 2,500 law enforcement officers and personnel representing more than 200 law enforcement agencies across North Carolina.
Kicking off the leg from Wilmington to Kenansville are, left to right, Capt. Jim Hock of the Pender County Sheriff’s Department, Wilmington Deputy Police Chief James Moore, Deputy Chris Stewart of the New Hanover Sheriff’s Department and Ricky Rivenbark, assistant superintendent of custody and operations at Pender Correctional Institution.
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| Officer Edwin Simpson (left), the Wilmington leg coordinator, and Wilmington Deputy Police Chief James Moore with the torch. |
