Police Meet Special Olympics Fundraising Goal

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During the weekend of September 15-17 the Livermore Police Department conducted its third annual “Cop On Top” event to support Special Olympics.

On 12 noon Thursday, Sept. 15, members of the police department went 30 feet off the ground on aerial lifts at the corner of First Street and S. Livermore Avenue. They vowed to stay on the lifts for 60 hours without setting foot on the ground and until the goal of raising $20,000 for Special Olympics was met.

The Livermore Police Department is proud to announce that the goal of $20,000 was met by about 9 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17, and our personnel were able to climb down without having to stay up on the lifts for the entire 60 hours! In total, $22,011.14 was raised for Special Olympics.

Livermore police officers, staff, and the Citizen Police Academy Alumni Association volunteers donated their time during this event. We had volunteers from the Leadership program and members of Adventure Crew #937 assisting us in soliciting donations.

We would like to thank our community for the overwhelming support of this program. We would also like to thank Sunbelt Rentals for donating the aerial lifts, Lowes for donating supplies, and KKIQ radio for their support of the event.

If anyone would like to make further donations to Special Olympics they can do so through the webpage, or they can simply contact Special Olympics of Northern California.