Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009

HORRY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT

Name | James Hennessy

Age: 53

Occupation | Horry County police officer

Residence | The Farm

Family | Married to Donna Hennessy; five kids; four grandchildren

Originally from | Long Island, N.Y.

How long have you lived here? Six years

How long have you worked for the Horry County Police Department? Two years

Total experience as a police officer? 25 years

When and why did you decide you wanted to be a police officer? Father was a police officer, grandfather was a fire chief.

What do you like the most about being a police officer? With my experience, I enjoy helping the younger guys if I can be of some assistance.

Hobbies, interests | golf, spending time with family, participating in Coastal Carolina Shields

Favorite music or singer/band | Moody Blues

Favorite movie | "Shane"

What's something people might not know about you? Being 6-feet-4-inches tall, people might expect I'd enjoy participating in fighting contests at Club Kryptonite instead of what I really enjoy, which is fishing and spending time with my grandchildren.

As told to Sarah P. Kennedy, editor, Your Carolina Forest.
#HTMLInfoBox~~Editor's note

This is the fourth in a series of weekly profiles of Carolina Forest's public safety professionals: firefighters, medics and police officers of Horry County Fire Rescue and Horry County Police Department.