Special Olympics Get Boost From Local Police

Image: MCPD Assistant Chief Betsy Davis serves guests Saturday at the #TipACop event at the Red Robin in Germantown (Montgomery County Police Department).

On its Facebook page on Tuesday, the Montgomery County Police Department thanked everyone who came out to the ‪#‎TipACop‬ event on Saturday at the Red Robin restaurant in Germantown.

As part of the national Tip-A-Cop event, police officers collected tips and helped serve restaurant guests to raise funds for Special Olympics Maryland. Saturday’s event raised about $4,400, according to the MCPD’s post on Facebook. Along with county officers, the event involved officers from the police departments of Chevy Chase Village, Gaithersburg, Rockville and Takoma Park.

Others who participated included the Montgomery County Police Explorers and officers from the Maryland-National Capital Park Police-Montgomery County Division.

To find out more about Special Olympics Maryland, please check out their Facebook page here.