Towanda Borough Police K-9 Unit

08/02/2025

K-9 Hades and I attended the Touch-A-Truck event that was held at the Bradford County Airport this morning. Those that attended got to meet and interact with K-9 Hades. Some of the kids got to play with the new Police car lights and sirens. It was a fun time!

07/31/2025

Picked up the new K-9 vehicle today. K-9 Hades has yet to ride in it. Hopefully he likes it!

05/18/2024

It has been a busy month for K-9 Hades and Officer Hennessy. On Friday 05/10/24 at 830a, they put on a presentation for the Kindergarten students at the J.A. Morrow School for their community helpers week. At 1130a, they went to the Canton Elementary School for their 5th/6th grade career day.

On Thursday 5/16/24, they attended the vehicular career day that was held at the Towanda Elementary School for 3rd grade students.

Today, 05/18/24, they went to the Wysox Fire Hall and put on a presentation for the 4-H responders club. Officer Hennessy spoke about police work, his police uniform, the K-9 police vehicle and K-9 equipment. The group then got to meet and pet K-9 Hades.

After the K-9 presentation, Officer Hennesy spoke to the group about the .

Pictures attached to this post are from the vehicular career day and today's 4-H responders presentation.

04/24/2024

We would like to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for the safety training session Officer Hennessy conducted for our team today. Your expertise and dedication were evident throughout the entire session, and we all walked away feeling more knowledgeable and prepared to handle potential safety situations.
Thank you for your commitment to keeping our team safe.
To top it off, we got to see K-9 Hades as well! 🐶
Towanda Police Department
Towanda Borough Police K-9 Unit

03/27/2024

07/29/2021

On Tuesday 7/27/2021, K-9 Hades and I went to the Child Hunger Outreach Partners - CHOP summer outreach program located at 2 Elizabeth St.

I spoke to kids about my uniform, police duties, using 911 appropriately and last but not least, the Towanda Police K-9 unit and K-9 Hades.

The kids also got to see the K-9 patrol vehicle. Below are some pictures of the presentation.

07/29/2021

So on 07/20/21, K-9 Hades and I went to the Cub Scout day camp that is being held at Memorial Park in Towanda.

I spoke to the Cub Scouts about my uniform/duty belt, my police responsibilities and answered a ton of police questions.

The Cub Scouts got to see the K-9 patrol vehicle and they interacted with K-9 Hades. I handed out Jr Towanda Police K-9 badge stickers.

It was a fun time!

07/29/2021

On Monday 7/19/2021, K-9 Hades and I helped The Children’s House with giving out their camp connection bags to kids. In one of the pictures, you can see that K-9 Hades is making sure that he is social distancing!

07/29/2021

K-9 Hades and I are starting to do community outreach activities again. We went to Wyalusing back on June 25th. It was nice to be back out interacting with kids!

This article and picture are from the Rocket Courier newspaper.

The Wyalusing Public Library played host to the Towanda Borough Police Department’s K-9 unit on Friday, June 25 as part of its summer reading program. The visit by Officer John Hennessy and Hades, a three-year-old Belgian Malinois, was held in the Wyalusing Borough Park and drew attention from numerous local children and their parents. During the visit, Hennessy discussed the equipment that he uses during his daily duties as a police officer, what role Hades plays and showed the children the inside of his police vehicle. In addition, Children’s Librarian Sara Troup read a favorite book of Hennessy’s to the children entitled “Officer Buckle and Gloria.”