Centralia Police Officer Patty Finch, of Yelm
Photo courtesy: Centraliia Police Dept.

From the Centralia Police Dept. Newsletter, May 2012:

Police Officer Patty Finch
“Officer Patty Finch received this award based on her outstanding work and extraordinary achievement with Departments Special Olympics Program. For her work with all aspects of Special Olympics, including the 2012 Polar Bear Plunge in Seattle, Tip a Cop fundraisers at Applebees, Krispy Crme Doughnuts and Red Robin; planning, support, and participating in annual Law Enforcement Torch Runs, and selection from a statewide competition to repre-sent all of Washington State Law Enforcement at the 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games in South Korea, Officer Patty Finch was formally commended.”
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