Credit: Middletown police
Middletown’s newest police officer is a Levittown native.
Officer Lawrence Hardy was sworn in Monday evening at the Middletown Board of Supervisors meeting.
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Hardy, according to police Chief Joseph Bartorilla, graduated from Harry S. Truman High School in Bristol Township and the Montgomery County Community College Municipal Police Academy.
Before joining Middletown, Hardy, a husband and father, worked for police departments in Bristol Borough and New Hope Borough.
On Tuesday at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., Officer Megan Freer was recognized by Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy District Attorney Rod Rosenstein for her distinguished service in policing.
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Below is the description from the Department of Justice:
In the summer of 2017, a 19-year-old man went missing near Middletown Township. Officer Freer began an intensive investigation into the missing person case, which eventually led to the discovery of a horrific quadruple homicide in Solebury Township, about 20 miles away. Officer Freer’s incredible investigative efforts led to the arrest of two men charged with murder of the young men, and providing closure for the families of those missing young men. This was a tremendous effort of policing and police investigation, and Officer Freer has received several awards for her investigative effort, including the Philadelphia National Liberty Museum Award of Valor in September 2017.
