Law Enforcement volunteers take their oath to "Serve and Protect" to a new level each spring at Tip-A-Cop events throughout Kentucky.

Thanks to our Tip-A-Cop Restaurant Partners   Red Lobster

Almost every law enforcement officer has taken an oath to "Serve and Protect", but rarely do they take serving part of that mission as far as they do at Law Enforcement Torch Run Tip-A-Cop events. Each spring at restaurants throughout Kentucky, law enforcement volunteers shed their badges and take up trays to help serving staffs take care of their customers. Helping fill drinks and bring bread, officers work for additional "tips" that then help fund Special Olympics events.

Tip-A-Cop event go bay many different names in Kentucky -- Cops and Lobsters at Red Lobster restaurants, Cops and Cowboys at Texas Roadhouse and Tip-O-Cop at O'Charley's. In Kentucky, Tip-A-Cop events are currently held in Paducah, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Louisville, Lexington and Elizabethtown. Tip-A-Cops are fun for both officers and restaurant staff and guests and give the public the opportunity to get to know their law enforcement agents in a more casual, fun setting.

Tip-A-Cops require little more than a willing restaurant partner to get off the ground and as such can be held in any community. They generally span one day's lunch and dinner shifts, but can run for longer periods.

These events annually raise more than $12,000 to support Special Olympics programs in Kentucky.

For information on how you can start a Tip-A-Cop event in your area, contact the Torch Run Liaison at 800-633-7403 or via e-mail at soky@soky.org, or click here for instructions (41K PDF).