Nearly 2000 people to participate in 28th annual Night Against Crime 5K in San Diego

Nearly 2,000 walkers and runners are set to participate in the 28th annual Light the Night Against Crime 5K Run/Walk

tonight in Balboa Park.

Sheriff Bill Gore and San Diego Police Department Chief Mark Jones will send off the participants when the race begins at 7 p.m. at Park Boulevard and Presidents Way.

The race, with the theme "Cops and Robbers,'' will kick off with a "jail break'' where the "robbers'' will start running. Three minutes later, the "cops'' will be let loose, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

The first 25 cops who cross the line with a robber in tow will...