Paradise Valley Police Department rappelled and raised funds for those with intellectual disabilities

Those with intellectual disabilities encounter adversity every day, and with that comes the courage to overcome certain challenges that most people don’t have to deal with.

Well, what could be more courageous than overcoming one’s fear of heights and rappelling down a sky scraper?

This is what the Over The Edge event asks of its participants in an unparalleled fundraiser that supports Special Olympics Arizona, whose olympiads have intellectual disabilities and overcome adversity on the field, in the pool and on the court, as well as in life.

Community Resource Officer Jimmy Phan said the Paradise Valley Police Department has been a proud supporter of Special Olympics for quite some tim

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