LACONIA — A group of police officers, escorted by others on motorcycles and in cruisers with their flashing blues on full display, ran down Union Avenue in Lakeport Friday morning just before 9:30 a.m. Lakes Region police are used to getting places in a hurry, but Friday, they weren’t responding to an emergency — they were jogging for a cause.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run, an annual tradition, sees officers from numerous Lakes Region agencies run the distance along Route 3 between Gilford and Belmont. About 20 of them, several pushing strollers with babies inside, started at Shaw’s and ran through Belmont, a distance of about 5 miles.

Officers representing Meredith, Belmont, Laconia, Gilford, Tilton and state probation and parole departments completed the Lakes Region to support Special

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