Augusta Police Department dispatcher CeCe Verrier, left, and Lt. Anthony Drouin run in the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Thursday, heading north toward Waterville along Riverside Drive in Augusta.

Augusta Police Department dispatchers CeCe Verrier, left, and James Pino, center, run beside Lt. Anthony Drouin carrying the torch during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics along Riverside Drive in Augusta. The Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games is planned for this weekend at the University of Maine in Orono. The event will feature a track and field meet, along with bocce competitions.

Augusta Police Department dispatchers CeCe Verrier, left, and James Pino, center, run beside Lt. Anthony Drouin carrying the torch during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics along Riverside Drive in Augusta. The Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games are planned this weekend at the University of Maine in Orono. The event will feature a track and field meet, along with bocce competitions.

Augusta Police Department’s School Resource Officer Nick Sterling, left, Detective Lt. Jason Cote (with torch), Detective Michael Unterkoefler, in background, and Detective Matt Estes run in front of the Maine State House during the Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Thursday in Augusta. This leg continued from two other relays, coming in from the south through Gardiner and from the west through Manchester. Those had converged at the Law Enforcement Memorial. The four-day event held in several communities across Maine will end Friday to kick off the Special Olympics Maine State Summer Games at the University of Maine in Orono.