OCEAN CITY- With the Freddy Gray incident in Baltimore still making headlines, law enforcement agencies all over Maryland are revisiting their prisoner transport policies, including Ocean City, where tweaks and changes to the protocols were approved this week by the Mayor and Council.
The Ocean City Mayor and Council on Tuesday approved a revised general order for the police department regarding, among other things, the safe and secure handling and transport of arrestees and detainees in custody. In April, Baltimore resident Freddy Gray died of complications from the alleged rough handling by city police officers while being transported following his arrest. Gray’s death touched off massive riots in Baltimore and ultimately led to six police officers being charged for their various roles in the incident.
In the wake of that incident, law enforcement agencies all over Maryland, including the Lower Shore, began reviewing their own policies and protocols regarding prisoner transport. Ocean City Police in the weeks after the riots in Baltimore began closely inspecting their own protocols and found the policies generally consistent with state regulations.
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3 comments:
By next year we will be providing them with a limo to jail equipped with a doctor , drinks and a prostitute .
That's funny. OCPD comparing itself to a real police force.
Bring them in on a hoverboard. That way they'd be out in plain sight and not bumping around inside the paddywagon (racist term!)
Ski boots attached to the hoverboard; handcuffs on the perp, and a waterski towrope from back of the van for him/her to hold on to. Helmet and elbow/kneepads upon request.
They could sell tickets!
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