Dara Gannon Lost Her Bike. Police Seek To Help Her Find It Before Ride For Husband Sean

YARMOUTH, MA — Dara Gannon is preparing to participate in the "Police Unity Tour", a three-day bike ride that starts in Massachusetts and ends in Washington D.C.

The ride takes place during National Law Enforcement Memorial Week, and riders from across the country descend on our nation's Capitol in honor of officers killed in the line of duty, something the Gannon family knows all too well.

For Gannon, she rides for her husband, Sean. Sean Gannon was a K-9 officer for the Yarmouth Police Department. In 2018, Gannon and his K-9 partner, Nero, were serving a warrant along with six other officers at a home in Marstons Mills when shots were fired.

Gannon and Nero were both hit during the search. Nero survived the injuries, but Gannon did not.

The death of the officer described as the "epitome of kindness" swept across Cape Cod and southern Massachusetts like a whirlwind, and Gannon's impact lives on to this day.

Much of that continuing legacy can be credited to the Gannon family, who organized a scholarship and memorial fund in his honor and, of course, participate in events like the unity tour.

However, this year, Dara Gannon has hit a road bump in her training.

The Yarmouth Police Department published a plea on Monday to help find Gannon's bike, which fell off the back of her car on Route 25 near the Bourne Bridge while she was heading for a training session.

By the time she realized it had fallen and turned around to retrieve it, the white Specialized brand bike emblazoned with "Gannon" stickers was already gone.

"The bicycle is very special to Dara and she is hopeful that whoever 'found' the bicycle will return it so that it could be put back in service to continue her mission to remember the sacrifices of fallen officers and support their families," police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Chief Frank Frederickson at 508-775-0445 ext. 2156 or email at ffrederickson@yarmouth.ma.us.