Former Coeur d'Alene police chief Wayne Longo (right) photo-bombs this selfie of teammate Champ Hou of Rhode Island with former Winter Olympics medalist Michelle Kwan in Providence, R.I., last week. (Courtesy of Wayne Longo)

On Tuesday, Wayne Longo began a journey across the country to promote this year's Special Olympics. It's a journey the former Coeur d'Alene chief of police likened to the one undertaken by the namesake character in the classic film "Forrest Gump." For the next month, Longo will travel 7,000 miles, running with the Special Olympics torch for the Law Enforcement Torch Run and said he was humbled to get the opportunity to have one last adventure as an officer. "You can never stop giving back," Longo told The Press. "My feeling is that I'm going to make a positive memory every day on this trip." Last week, members of Special Olympics International lit two miner's lamps from the Olympic flame cauldron in Greece. The lamps were then flown to Washington, D.C., and driven to Augusta, Maine, by a member of Longo's team. "We are responsible to care for them and make sure the lanterns are maintained," Longo said/Keith Cousins, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.