Local Officers Team Up For Fallen K9 Cop Ryan Allen During Brad Fox 5K

WARMINSTER, PA — A group of police officers from the area teamed up last weekend to race in honor of a recently fallen Hatboro officer who died after suffering an irreversible brain injury brought on by a bee sting-induced heart attack.

The team, which was dubbed ALL IN FOR 37K1, participated in the annual Brad Fox Day 5K event, and they dedicated their race to the late Ryan Allen, a Hatboro police officer who had started the department's first-ever K9 unit.

The ALL IN FOR 37K1 team was even named "team of the year" during the event, according to social media posts about the event, which took place April 30 beginning in Warminster, Bucks County.

The event included both a 5K run and a 1K walk.

This year marked the 10th annual Brad Fox run/walk event, and the money raised will be used for two special scholarships that are awarded each year in Fox's name.

Fox was a K9 officer from Plymouth Township who was killed while pursuing a suspect back in the fall of 2012. Fox was a Warminster native who kept close ties with those in the community, according to race organizers.

Among those on the ALL IN FOR 37K1 team that was honored as team of the year were Officers Craig Bald and Matt Snyder of the Upper Moreland Township Police Department, according to a department social media post.

Snyder's four-legged K9 partner, Maximus, also participated on the team.

"Congrats to the entire team! You made us proud," the Upper Moreland Police Department posted to Facebook.

The team ran in honor of Allen, the recently fallen Hatboro K9 officer.

Patch was there recently as family and colleagues held a special memorial service in Graeme Park in Horsham Township for Allen, who lived with his wife in Doylestown, Bucks County.

Allen, who was 36 at the time of his death, had single handedly started up the K9 unit at the Hatboro Police Department, which never before in its history had a dog unit.

During the recent memorial service, K9 units and their handlers from all across the region and beyond came out to pay their final tribute to Allen, who was married to Whitney Allen and had two young children.