Police take orders, help Special Olympics

Thomas Olsen
News Reporter

For a chance to turn the tables on police and order them around for a change, there is Cops and Lobsters.

Officers from the SIUE Police Department will be working with restaurant personnel waiting on customers, in a fund-raiser for Special Olympics, sponsored nationally by Red Lobster. The officers will join members of other area law enforcement agencies Friday at Red Lobster in Fairview Heights.

Officers will be at the restaurant Friday during lunch from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and during dinner from 5 to 9 p.m.

Mike Toombs, manager of the Fairview Heights Red Lobster, said the event raised $1.1 million nationally last year and this year's goal is $1.4 million.

In addition to Cops and Lobsters, officers will also participate in the Law Enforcement Torch Run on campus in June.

The SIUE Police Department is also selling Special Olympics merchandise and raffle tickets for a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Contact the SIUE Police Department at 650-3324 for information, or send donations to: SIUE Police Department, ATTN: Special Olympics, Box 1041, Edwardsville, IL, 62026.