Maumee police Chief Robert Zink carries the Special Olympics torch along East Dudley Street as Sgt. T. J. Stratton waves to onlookers. Behind them is Lt. Mike Fortney. The northwest Ohio leg of the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics began yesterday at Walbridge Park in South Toledo, headed to Maumee, and then to Perrysburg.

Special Olympics athlete Alex Shroeder, 10, holds the torch aloft with his father, Toledo police Officer Mike Schroeder, during its stop in Maumee. The torch is passed from jurisdiction to jurisdiction until reaches Columbus for the state games, which get under way Friday.

First Published June 26, 2008, 1:21 p.m.