RACE INFORMATION
![Race Photo](/peth04/20041015094147im_/http://www.secretservice.gov/npc50/images/about2_250.jpg) The National Police Challenge (NPC-50) is a 50-kilometer (31-mile) relay competition among local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from around the world. The NPC-50 is run in conjunction with National Police Week held each Spring in Washington, D.C. The U.S. Secret Service and the U.S.S.S. Employee Recreation Association coordinate the race on behalf of the law enforcement community.
The NPC-50 raises funds for a cause that strikes at the heart of all law enforcement
personnel: providing for the families of those who have been slain in the line
of duty. All proceeds, after expenses, go directly to Concerns of Police Survivors
(COPS). In the past five years, this event has generated $120,048 for COPS.
The NPC-50 is a friendly, competitive event designed to promote pride, physical
fitness and camaraderie within the law enforcement community. Each team consists
of ten law enforcement personnel who run the five-kilometer (3.1-mile) course
one after the other.
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