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Last night I was leaving the GOB when I heard something was going on behind the WaWa on Rt. 13 next to the Classy Cats Barbershop & Boutique on Ohio Ave.
I pulled up to the scene and there were lights flashing everywhere, it was quite overwhelming.
It turns out a Salisbury Police Officer pulled two young black men over for blocking the roadway and became suspicious enough to call in the Sheriffs Department Drug K-9 Team. Before you knew it, there were some 6 Salisbury Police Cars on the scene with even more Officers because in some cases they ride two Officers to a car.
The suspects were not in handcuffs but the Police Dog did pick up the scent of drugs, therefore they searched the entire vehicle. This did not please the owner and his passenger as they were delayed more than an hour while Officers searched their vehicle and ultimately came up with nothing.
This is becoming a big thing in the Salisbury area where the Sheriffs Department is being called in for their K-9 help as the SPD does not have access to their own Dogs. The WCSO is more than happy to work hand in hand with the SPD in a joint effort to get drugs off the streets within Salisbury.
As I observed the scene, the Salisbury Police Officeres were actually pretty cool to these guys, even though they were becoming more and more upset as time went on. After everyone went on their merry way, the two gentlemen, (along with a pretty large posse at that point) came over to me and started asking me questions.
I plopped down the tailgate on my truck and said, OK Guys, you want to talk, lets talk. Very quickly the two gentlemen stated they thought they were being mistreated by the SPD and I said, come on guys, what if you did have drugs in that vehicle? You can't blame these guys for doing their job. They responded, but we didn't have drugs in there, we don't do drugs. I said, let me ask you something then. Is that a brand new car? No. OK, did you buy it new? No. How long ago did you buy the car? 3 months ago. Can you assure me that the guy who had that car before YOU didn't have drugs in it? No. See what I mean guys? The K-9 Dog picked up on the scent and they did a search.
At that point things quickly settled down and we started talking about the neighborhood, crime, drugs, citizen participation and presence at Council Meetings. I explained how they needed to make sure they didn't support the Mayor in the next election and although they stated when she first came on board she was good but they agreed she needed to go now.
It turned out to be a great group of guys and I have to admit here Ladies & Gentlemen, I haven't been in their shoes and had to be put through such a search. I can tell you however, if you'll recall over the Summer I showed pictures of the Sheriffs Department doing the same search. However, this guy was white, so it's NOT a race thing. It's INCONVENIENT, period.
One lady started getting cocky while I was there and started getting too close to the Officers and they demanded she move back or they would arrest her. Folks, you can't get too close to these Officers while they're doing one of these inspections. It's dark out, they don't know who you are and they are in the defense business. Stay away from what they're doing and let them get the job done. Soon enough everyone will be on their way. If you have something to say, do it here, not there.
In the end, I made some pretty good friends last night and have been invited to the Barber Shop for a sort of Round Table they regularly have. Not only am I truly looking forward to it, I can't wait to hear what they have to say. My guess is that I'll be there for several hours!
14 comments:
it would seem redundant for the salisbury tax payers to have their tax money paying for a "city" drug dog when their tax money goes for a "county" drug dog. if everyone could only work together.
the fire departments are the same way. does every fire department require a ladder truck and a rescue or could the chiefs get their heads out of their ass and do a county wide box system.
This reminds me of something I saw as I was driving back to the Western Shore. I was on Rt. 50 just over the Vienna Bridge, and I saw those flashing lights. As I pulled into the passing lane to avoid the shoulder, I saw two State Troopers (one marked, one unmarked) had a little sporty looking car pulled over. The driver was out of the car, handcuffed, and the second cop was talking to the passenger. Makes me wonder if drugs were involved there. For the record, the driver was white, the passenger was African American.
So my only question is, if they were stopped and registration and license cleared what was the purpose of calling in the K-9 Drug team anyway. Shouldn't they have only been cited for "blocking the road?" I'm sure if it was a little old lady pulled over in the same situation, they wouldn't have called in the Drug K-9 team. What a waste of time and money. Two young black men, one nice car. You do the math.
One word comes to mind everytime I look on here. Hypocrit! First thee is too much crafiti, then there is a robbery and the chief is doing nothing, then there is a car stopped and now its over kill because the police are doing there job. Oh and the guy who robbed the Food Lion on Snow Hill Rd. was caught and arrested.
Yes, two young black men dressed like thugs, either unemployed or not making enough to afford such an expensive car, blocking the roadway in a high crime, high drug area. That's not suspicious. Yeah.
Ok... answer:
The driver was a known dealer who has had felony distribution convictions. So now its a waste of time to get criminals out of our city? And the city definately should get a k-9 team. That way officers can get get more drugs off the street in the neighborhoods of Salisbury. And the is very little "teamwork" between agencies. Is it team work when one agency catches a wanted person and the second agency comes and picks them up at the scene so they can get credit for the arrest? No, i think thats deception. Its an attempt to pad the agencies arrest statistics so the tax payers think they are doing more work than they really are.
Furthermore drugs are the root of all evil! I asked a security officer of a local retail chain what percentage of people caught steeling are drug addicts? He told me very quickly: "About half"! As for the previous post who would say that? If it was as easy as clearing driver status and running plates drugs would consume this city. A crack addict would be breaking into your home every single night! Then you would be criticizing the police even more than you do.
I couldnt tell by the pics-but was that a Caddy CTS?Nice cars,too gas hungry for me!!!!
All people,good or bad, have rights.They need to get lawyers and INTERNAL AFFAIRS involved.Things will get better QUICK.
Exactly. When the police even mess up, and if they are human they will, they should be held accountable just like the criminals they lock up!
Way to go Joe, african americans are the majority in salisbury corporate limits. While your advocating for a campaign against the mayor why don't you pass out some fire department applications....
to anonymous that posted at 11:27 a.m., they don't come and get them to steal the stat, they hold the warrant. If the wicomico sherriff's office has a warrant for your arrest and the city catches you it saves time and money. Instead of processing him, holding him and then transfering him to only be processed again, they CALL the agency with the warrant to come and get him. Once he is transported in that agency's car he has to be processed. Get an education on how the law works before you gripe about it. When agencies do that it's saving your tax dollars not justifying them.
Salisburyfire... stick to fighting fires. They can fax it to ANY police officer in that county to serve, circuit or district(per states attorney). Taking another officer off the street to pick up someone already captured is the waste of time. And by the way, the arresting agency still has to do arrest paperwork (AFO- arrest for others). Not to mention the arresting officer has to wait for the warranting department to come get them. In most cases the prisoner still should be processed and a photo should be taken (for obvious reasons). If they are in my jurisdiction I want to know who they are and what they look like.
And by the way I'm an expert at AFOs! So you do your job and I'll do mine. If they fax it I can pick it up at headquarters in less than 15 minutes, take him to the jail... done! I've had to wait longer than that so many times for the warrnting agency it irritates me just thinking about it. While the "transport" officer has to pick up the warrant, take them to the jail, I'm still doing my own paperwork. And then the "stat" has to be entered and paperwork has to be done by the "transporting" officer. How in the hell does that save taxpayers money?
In reality both officers have to do the same exact paperwork for one arrest. Tying up two officers. Smart? And by the way ALL agencys have been doing this way too much.
I do admit that I sometimes like the warranting agency picking up my 10-95 at the scene, so I can go find another, I feel I do an incomplete job by not processing them at my agency (photogaraph, interview... etc).
Bottom line... statistics. Obviously.
Gee , thats funny you almost sound like a cop. But when I've served warrants and needed police assistance in the city and it was a county warrant the city would not respond it had to be a sheriff's deputy. Upon processing the subject I asked the intake officer why that was and he stated, where the city did not issue the warrant they would not assist a fugitive recovery agent with a subject they did not issue the warrant for unless my life was in immediate danger. He also explained why when the city had stopped one of the guys i was after, just at the edge of his driveway a county sheriff transported the fugitive and he stated something similar to salisburyfire's explanation. It does save time. 10-95 is that the only 10 code you know? 10-4
You have no idea how things are done here. Serving a warrant is totally different when the issuing agency is the one called on for assistance for thier own paperwork. Why in the hell would a city supervisor pull an officer off the road so you can knock on a door? It was very clear that salisburyfire had no clue what he was talking about. Read again... yes it is nice to hand them over, but city still had to do paperwork and it was probably a cicuit court warrant in which many officers are still under the misconception that only deputies can serve. Faxing is quicker and one officer handling the service is much more efficient than two.
And what does an intake officer know that the states attorney dont?
And sometimes, rarely, it saves time for the arresting officer ONLY!
I'll remember that next time I hand one over and I hear "Thanks for the stat".
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