The mission of Tip-A-Cop is to raise money for Special Olympics Colorado in support of the Special Olympic Athletes. Law enforcement personnel trade-in their badges for aprons to assist with waiting tables, bussing tables, seating families, and serving food to diners. Each table is provided with a donation envelope and request to donate money in support of the wonderful athletes.

On Thursday, December 4, 2014, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office participated in the second Tip-A-Cop Event of the season. EPSO was tasked with staffing three Texas Roadhouse locations in Colorado Springs, which required several volunteers.

The following is a list of the locations and total money raised by each location:

Powers: $ 1,912.25

8th Street: $ 1,608.54

Monument: $ 2,195.00

A total of: $ 5,715.79

The success of this event would not have been possible without all the EPSO volunteer’s time and commitment to such a wonderful cause. Volunteers represented the office with the highest level of professionalism during this event. To all those volunteers, THANK YOU for being such a great representative of the office. The following people made this event a success: Scott Henning, Daniel LeBaron, Raymond Dobrick, Travis Mundt, Christina Perry, Brett Falgoust, Robert Kirkham, Jim Vitro, Michael Kimberlain and Keenan Dukes.