Palos Cops Stake Out Dunkin Donuts Rooftops For Special Olympics

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL -- Palos Heights and Palos Park police will be sitting on top of Dunkin Donuts shops in their respective communities to raise money for Special Olympics Illinois athletes. The 2018 Cop on a Rooftop event will be held statewide at Dunkin Donuts stores on Friday, May 18. More than 293 law enforcement agencies plan to participate.

Both police departments will be accepting donations, which will be used to train 22,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities and promote 20 sports through more than 180 competitions. Police will also have Special Olympics T-shirts available, Torch Run hats and Special Olympics coffee thermos mugs -- while supplies last.

Palos Park police will be camped on top of both Dunkin’ Donut locations at 130th Street and Route 45, and at Rt. 83 and Rt. 7 from 5 a.m. to noon.

Palos Heights police will be at Dunkin Donuts at 128th Street and Harlem Avenue. Officers will be staking out the roof from 4:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last year, the Palos Heights Police Department was one of the top fundraisers for Special Olympics Illinois, raising $17,147.53 in donations. Palos Heights police will also be participating in the Torch Run on June 13; their leg of the run starts at 83 & Harlem Avenue.

The fundraising goal for Illinois’s statewide Cop On A Rooftop events is $720,000. Stop by your favorite Dunkin Donut and support your local Special Olympics athletes. Visit Special Olympics Illinois for a complete list of participating police departments and Dunkin Donuts locations.

PHOTO: Palos Park police at the 2017 Cop On A Rooftop event for Special Olympics. | Palos Park PD