{"id":6986,"date":"2026-04-06T16:10:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2026-04-06T16:10:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T16:10:41","slug":"photos-of-the-week-special-olympics-polar-plunge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/photos-of-the-week-special-olympics-polar-plunge\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the Week: Special Olympics Polar Plunge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lawton Police Officers Assn., I.U.P.A. Local #24 Members participated in the Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics!<\/p>\n

Lawton Police Department posted about it on social media, \u201cA huge THANK YOU to everyone who took the plunge this past Saturday and an even bigger thank you to the incredible Lawton Ft. Sill community for your generous donations.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cAs you can see, our officers had an amazing time! The air temperature may have been in the 80s, but that water told a completely different story. To our brave plungers, we say THANK YOU. To everyone who donated, we say THANK YOU. Thank you for being part of something bigger than all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

They continued, \u201cThe Lawton Police Department loves community events, and we\u2019re so grateful that you do too. Every dollar raised on Saturday goes directly to Special Olympics and the incredible athletes they serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Each week, the I.U.P.A. Briefing Room features a photo that exemplifies the valuable part of the community that our Law Enforcement Officers all across the U.S. are and their positive impact as well as their dedication, service, and sacrifice.<\/p>\n

Submit your photos today to be considered for the photo of the week next week to alinaj@iupa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photos-of-the-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6995,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986\/revisions\/6995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iupa.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}