Officer Ayello, 53, died September 8, 2000 at approximately 2100 hours when he suffered a heart attack while making an arrest in taking a violent subject into custody. Officer Ayello and another officer had responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a suspect with warrants. As the suspect was being handcuffed, Officer Ayello suffered the heart attack. He was flown to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. Officer Ayello had been in law enforcement for 21 years and had founded several an anti drug youth group in the area called Hooked on Fishing, Not Drugs. He served with the Hamburg Police Department in PA. The K-9 Officer John Ayello Memorial Award was established by the Pennsylvania Police K-9 Association to honor the memory of Officer Ayello who founded this Organization. The purpose of this Award is to offer financial assistance to high school seniors who will be pursuing a career in a field related to law enforcement. Officer Ayello was a master trainer, handler and breeder of Police K-9’s. John trained many police K-9’s for departments along the east coast and conducted seminars for police dogs in Canada. John handled K9 Moonraker, a bloodhound, which was Hamburg’s first police dog. John also handled K9 Ginger, a rottweiler in 1980 with the Hamburg Police Department and later K9 Roscoe and K9 Romeo who were also rottweilers. John also worked K9 security with K9 Kane, a Doberman. K9 Romeo was John’s working police K9 at the time of his death and attended church services for John. He is survived by his wife, Beryl, and three grown children, Michele 30, John II 29, and Ralph 23.
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