Sgt. Regina Custer is retiring after 30 years of service with the Ocean City Police Department. Prior to joining the police department full-time in January 1984, Custer was seasonal records clerk and a seasonal police officer. She has since worked her way up the ranks, being promoted to PFC in 1981, Corporal in 2006 and Sergeant in January 2012.
OCPD SGT Regina Custer and Family, OC Mayor and Council & Chief DiPino – Pictured Holding Her Retirement Badge
Custer holds a Masters and Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Johns Hopkins University. Also, she has an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Montgomery College. In May 2002, Custer was the first law enforcement officer from the Eastern Shore of Maryland to be accepted into the highly competitive “Police Executive Leadership Program” at Johns Hopkins. She completed the three year program in 2005.
Throughout Custer’s career, she has been involved in several services to the department. She co-founded the department’s “morale committee” in 1991, co-founded the departments Christmas toy-drive in November 1994, served as an active member of the Honor Guard for over 22 years, has been a member of the departments “peer support” team since 1998 and is the department’s historian. She spearheaded a committee that researched the OCPD history and managed several events celebrating the police department’s 100th Anniversary that took place throughout 1998. In 2009 she was part of a select team of officers who provided security at the 56th Presidential Inauguration, in Washington, DC.
During the course of her career with OCPD, Custer received numerous commendations and citations including Excellent Police Performance awards and Meritorious Service awards for various investigations handled throughout her career. In 1998 she was awarded the Neighborhood Watch Outstanding Service Award for her work on the preservation of the department’s history. Custer has also been awarded two Maryland State Police Superintendent Awards, a Baltimore County Commander Award and Mid-Atlantic Association of Women in Law Enforcement Scholarship Award.
“I would like to thank the Mayor, City Council, and citizens of Ocean City for the opportunity serve them,” Sgt. Custer said. “I would also like to thank my family for their support. Without them, I would not have been able to accomplish such a rewarding career and service to community.”
After retirement, Sgt. Custer plans on spending more time with family, continuing genealogical work on family history and traveling back to Alaska to visit with friends. She has an avid interest in photography, searching for old shipwreck debris and traveling.
4 comments:
damn! if she had just hung on a while longer she could have become GENERAL CUSTER!!!
Fantastic-another public pension for us to fund. 30 years in the private sector is just the beginning of your work span when you have to fund your OWN retirement and pay for everyone who doesn't work or who is a public sector worker.
90% of her pension will come from the money she contributed out of every paycheck for 30 years.
5:09 that is complete and utter crap. Her pension is paid from the taxes of Private sector taxpayers.
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