Weeks after a man died from injuries sustained in a fight that allegedly began on a bus, Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan on Wednesday suggested designating a police officer to ride the resort’s public transportation system.
“What I was thinking that about is our buses — we are taking men off patrol and put them on the buses,” he said during this week’s Police Commission meeting. “In some areas, they have transit police. Is there a transit officer we could initiate as a seasonal officer that might not require the degree of training?”
As part of the city’s “Bus Cop” program, several undercover and uniformed officers ride the buses at the peak of the summer season to provide for drivers’ safety. Ocean City police also handle incidents of disorderly conduct, malicious destruction of property and assaults while riding from the inlet to the Delaware line.
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4 comments:
Probably already ha a cop on the bus. Didnt wanna blow his cover! There are always police on the bus! Got a panic button on them that flashes a light and send a signal. police are on the bus in an minutes or less! This is just a reason for money and more worthless pigs to collect revenue!
If this is about deterring fights and crime on buses then why have an undercover officer. If a fight breaks out on a crowded bus then chances are that the people fighting will not recognize an undercover officer even when he steps in trying to flash his badge.
I say put a uniformed officer on the bus and this will keep people in line.
Uniformed officers on the bus in the peak season from 11 pm to 3 am should be the plan, IMHO
I can see one cop on a bus full of drunks with their families and friends getting his arse whooped with nowhere to run an alot of innocent people in harm way of a weapon when that scare cop pulls it! Besides , cops arent proactive any longer. It's easier to show up when the parties are tired from fighting and make the easy arrest or just do the paperwork and reports! They look so cool standing in a circle of 8+ after they arrested a 120 lb kid for some pot!
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