This week, the Ocean City Police Department will be joining other law enforcement agencies on theEastern Shore, such as the Worcester County Sheriff and the Wicomico County Sheriff, by beginning operational deployment of TASER equipment. Prior to implementing the TASER equipment, the Ocean City Police Department spent hours developing policy, adopting procedures and extensively training in the use of the TASER.
In addition, the Ocean City Police Department received guidance from other law enforcement agencies that have successfully implemented use of TASERS along with TASER itself. “Studies have shown that the availability of a TASER can lead to the reduction in injuries to both a police officer and a suspect,” said Chief Bernadette DiPino. “We believe that having the availability of a TASER will not only reduce injuries of our officers and suspects, but will deter and reduce violent crime in Ocean City. This is a proactive and positive step in the evolution of our police department and we are thankful to have the opportunity and the support from the Ocean City community.”
In correlation with training of police officers, the OCPD wants to keep the community informed about this new TASER program. The OCPD is planning an informational symposium for Ocean City residents, businesses and members of the media. The symposium will address various topics dealing with the use of the new TASER system, including departmental policy and procedure. In addition to providing information, the symposium will give citizens the opportunity to ask questions about the program, as well as view a demonstration of the equipment.
The Ocean City Police Department believes that a well-informed community is the best form of crime prevention. The OCPD will be conducting the symposium onFebruary 9, 2012, from noon to 2 p.m.at the Ocean City Northside Park Recreation Center meeting room. For more information about this symposium, please contact the OCPD Public Affairs Office at 410-520-5395.
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ReplyDeleteThe punk force has a new toy! And they will not be denied protection to use it!
Yep, this is scary. Lets see how many senior week kids get tazed.
ReplyDeleteI have heard these tazers can cause certain people to have heart attacks, If this is true I see a lot of law suits in Ocean City's future.
ReplyDelete@ 10:31, heart attacks?
ReplyDeleteUpwards of 600 people have been
MURDERED with these things in police hands. Most of those killed were un-armed. Just search taser deaths.
The police and advocates say those deaths were drug related and tasers had nothing to do with it.
"Well, he was alive before I electrocuted him, I don't understand why he's dead now... must be the marijuana in his system." Quote from a moron cop.
This ought to be good all the under qualified Police Officers Ocean City employs Ha
ReplyDeleteA disater waiting (just a few months) to happen. Two weeks of "training" some guys who used to be bus boys in Salisbury and Viola! he's now a cop with a gun and a Taser. The MOST uneducated, shortest, ill-trained, storm-trooper police force in the State (and THAT'S saying quite a lot) is now going to get to Taser citizens. God, I wish I was a lawyer. I would be setting up an office right next to the police staion in Ocean City, buying billboard space on Rt 50, and passing out business cards like they were lottery tickets. The clowns WILL kill a tourist this year. Bet the house. And then Ocean City will raise the flush tax and parking fees to cover the multi-million dollar award. How fast can one get a law degree?
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