Maryland State Troopers now working alongside Baltimore City Police

[KSweeley]

in "high-crime areas" of the city, started in September, only now in December being reported in the news: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...383,full.story

December 27, 2012

Baltimore police have enlisted state troopers to help with patrols as the city confronts a spike in crime, a move that puts to an end years of disagreement between the two agencies over the state force's role in local law enforcement.

With the Maryland State Police now led by a former Baltimore police commander, the agencies began talking about the new arrangement over the summer, and new Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts has pushed it forward as part of his plans to get more officers on foot deployments.

The program, which began in September, pairs troopers with city officers on Friday and Saturday nights. Though troopers have had a presence in Baltimore for decades as part of various task forces, under state law they can only police the city when invited by the Baltimore police.

[demopublican]

Remember this?

In 2003, Norris wrote to city police offering "immediate help" from state police but asking that troopers be granted full police authority in Baltimore. "The police presence in the city would immediately increase by 5 percent, due to the number of troopers who live there," he wrote.
Baltimore police didn't want troopers there without supervision, and troopers didn't want to come in with limited power, according to a report in the Baltimore Examiner during the 2006 gubernatorial campaign.
The issue became a subject of debate during the campaign, in which O'Malley was challenging incumbent Republican Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.
"We would have welcomed the help, provided it was given in a supportive role that is being given today — under the guidance of local law enforcement," O'Malley said.

They could have worked it out but it was all about the three egos.

[Lawman 27]

A bad situation waiting to happen for the Troopers:

--> Troopers get respect from the various communities they work in, AIN'T gonna happen in the City.
--> Troopers get respect from their Commanders, AIN'T gonna find that in the City*.
--> Troopers get respect from the States Attorneys in the various counties, AIN'T gonna find that in the City. (Didn't the City States Attorney just announce a new program to charge Officers)?
--> Troopers get respect from the Politicians around the State, AIN'T gonna find that in the City.

*IMPORTANT NOTE TO THE YOUNG TROOPERS: While in the City, make sure to wear the back of your vest.

[Eastside Terp]

Who's paying? ......

carroll county citizens have to pay for the troopers that work in carroll county .......