OCEAN CITY — After a continued dramatic decline in the number of incidents on the resort’s municipal buses, Ocean City officials this month endorsed a continuation of the successful “spot the cop” program.
On Tuesday, the Ocean City Transportation Committee got an update on the successes of last year’s “spot the cop” program. For the last few years, the Ocean City Police Department has put both uniformed and plainclothes officers on the municipal buses, particularly in the height of the June Bug season, in an effort to deter crime and provide protection and support for the drivers.
“The summer gets a little unruly sometimes,” said Acting Superintendent of Transportation Wayne Pryor. “It’s very beneficial to have uniformed officers on the buses.”
OCPD Captain Kevin Kirstein explained the department has deployed officers on the municipal buses for a few years, but the program was expanded following a violent attack on a driver in June 2014. The program includes deploying 10 officers on municipal buses on weekend nights from roughly 10 p.m. to 3 a.m.
“When we do our deployment each year, this is part of the plan,” he said. “There was a serious assault on a driver in 2014, and on the heels of that, we got together an initiative to have plainclothes and uniformed officers on the buses and out of that came our ‘spot the cop’ program.”
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Lol We never go to OC after mid May or before mid September.
ReplyDeleteThis is so bad. It's like inner city ghetto stuff when you have to have a cop on a city bus. Are we ever going to see the day where we have real true leaders who actually correct problems and produce results instead of covering up problems with programs that are taking the country broke.
ReplyDeleteNo it's not actually like "inner city ghetto stuff" it's mostly "clown control" monitoring drunken people.
DeleteAnd when the 'clown control' winds down will it be the unsuspecting guy on his way to work who 'looks suspicious' or has a 'suspicious looking backpack' getting Constitutionally raped?
ReplyDeleteA man attempted to beat down the door of the condo we rented in OC. He had a key to the place and was attempting to let himself in while screaming and ranting. He threatened us and we called the cops while my husband braced the locked door. The cops could not find the place even with the name of the condos and the street address. The rental agency the next morning said it was the son of the owner and didn't know the unit was rented. We feared for our lives. NEVER AGAIN!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd the OC Summer Survey showing which state most visitors come from says........................PA
ReplyDeleteJust remember, no one can fix STUPID!