Freehold Police Help Carry the Torch for Special Olympics

Early Friday morning Freehold Township Police Department officers gathered at the Acme on Route 9. The men and women were there to carry the torch for the Special Olympics through parts of Ocean and Monmouth Counties to support the athletes before they head off to the College of New Jersey for the annual competition.

Freehold Township accepted the torch from Howell, Jackson and Lakewood officers, who had earlier joined at the Shop Rite parking lot in Howell.

Freehold Township police later hand off to their colleagues in Freehold Borough before officers and athletes from Manalapan and Marlboro took over. Representatives from the Monmouth County Sheriff's department also took part in the day.