• Members of law enforcement driving vehicles and motorcycles lead runners taking part in the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run down Central Ave. on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. The runners left Veterans Park in Schenectady in the morning and ended the torch run at Albany City Hall for a noon event. This year’s Special Olympics Summer Games are hosted by Siena College. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union) Photo: Paul Buckowski, Albany Times Union / (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)
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Pierre de Dieleveult, a 15-year-old from Paris, runs with the torch during in the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run down Central Ave. on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. The teen is a foreign exchange student staying with an Albany police officer this summer. He arrived in New York on Monday, June 11, 2018.

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Members of law enforcement driving vehicles and motorcycles lead runners taking part in the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run down Central Ave. on Thursday, June 14, 2018, in Albany, N.Y. The runners left Veterans Park in Schenectady in the morning and ended the torch run at Albany City Hall for a noon event. This year’s Special Olympics Summer Games are hosted by Siena College. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union) less
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ALBANY — Members of local law enforcement driving vehicles and motorcycles led runners taking part in the Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run down Central Ave. on Thursday.

The runners left Veterans Park in Schenectady in the morning and ended the torch run at Albany City Hall for a noon event.

Joining them was a 15-year-old foreign exchange student from Paris. Pierre de Dieleveult is staying with an Albany officer this summer and wanted to show his support of the cause, police said. He arrived Monday.

This year's Special Olympics Summer Games are hosted by Siena College.