2018 will commemorate the 35th Anniversary of the New Jersey Law Enforcement Torch Run. On Friday, June 8th more than 3,000 officers will take to the streets of their local communities on one of 26 separate routes to help carry the "Flame of Hope" to the Special Olympics New Jersey Summer Games. The culmination of the run is the lighting of the Special Olympics New Jersey cauldron at the Opening Ceremony to officially open the 2018 Summer Games, an event that features more than 2,500 Special Olympics athletes.