Albany County Deputies Hosed at Jackalope Jump Special Olympics Fundraiser

At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, deputies from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office were doused with water by members of the Albany County Fire Department during the Jackalope Jump fundraiser for Special Olympics Wyoming at Washington Park in Laramie, KGAB reported, citing a post on the sheriff’s office Facebook page. KGAB’s headline read, “Albany County Sheriff's Deputies Get Hosed Down For Special Olympics.”

The action was described in two ways in the material available: KGAB’s copy said deputies “got hosed down,” while an original summary of the incident used the phrase “playfully doused.” The report identifies the event as the Jackalope Jump fundraiser for Special Olympics Wyoming and places the splash timeline at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 in the account quoted on KGAB’s page.

KGAB’s item lists participants in broad terms: “Albany County Sheriff's deputies” on one side and “members of the Albany County Fire Department” on the other. The radio site’s short gallery captioning included the line “The sheriff's office team included:” followed by a dog emoji, suggesting a K-9 presence, although no dog or handler names were supplied in the text. KGAB’s gallery carries a photo credit to Glenn Woods.

The available reports do not name individual deputies or firefighters, and they do not state how many people were involved or whether the Jackalope Jump in Laramie is held annually, although an original truncated summary described the event as “annual.” KGAB’s posting cited a Facebook post from the Albany County Sheriff’s Office as the proximate source for the description, but the sheriff’s office Facebook post text was not reproduced in KGAB’s item that was provided to this outlet.

No injuries, complaints, or safety issues are mentioned in the material captured from KGAB and the truncated summary. The page on KGAB that carried the Jackalope Jump item also displayed other local headlines and the line “Wyoming Dinosaur Center,” which appears on the site but is not explicitly tied to the Jackalope Jump copy.

KGAB AM 650 is the local outlet that published the short item and gallery credited to Glenn Woods; that post is the basis for the reported dousing of deputies at the Jackalope Jump fundraiser for Special Olympics Wyoming at Washington Park. Further specifics on names, funds raised, and any official statements were not included in the available text.