GeezLouise-- HoCo Police captain Tara Nelson is in trouble after trying to run her husband and his motorcycle over with her car, and on a separate occassion, holding a gun to his head. She should've talked to Kevin Clark's wife, who threw a phone at her husband's head and got him fired.
Speaking of, I wonder what happened to Stanford Franklin, the police officer fired for pointing out that the Organized Crime Divison had more cars than it could effectively use.
Isn't it ironic? Alfredo Contreras fled to Maryland to escape Hurricane Rita, only to be shot to death while trying to break up a fight.
A jury has been seated in the trial for the murder of Marylander Melvin Burns, killed 13 years ago in Oklahoma City. A DNA match implicated one Terrence Gage. And in Charles County, police are seeking the public's help to solve the 1973 murder of George Allan MacDonald.
Here's a list of Baltimore massage parlors that offer happy endings. Notes a 'reporter': "the hype about getting busted by cops is, IMHO, overblown. Hardly ever see them." (Don't forget to tip.)
How nice, a new local newspaper, the Baltimore Examiner! The company is based in Denver and intends to rake in most of its ad $ via inserted supplemental sections (watch out, Pennysaver). However, most of us will never get a chance to read it, as it will be distributed mostly in "affluent"* neighborhoods.
*Usually defined in the ad world as households with <$100k annual income and <$500k in net worth-- currently about 10 percent of MD residents.
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He (Contreras) clearly didn't understand what a rotten place he had moved to. Believe or Be Leavin'.
This matter of Stanford Franklin is indicative of why Baltimore will never get its act together even if we do get rid of O'Malley. Healthy cities like New York are principally motivated by objectively best management practices. Baltimore, on the other hand, fully reserves the right to do any ol' f%#^cked up thing, even if it isn't a very good idea. Two things I know to be factual: 1) OCD had too many cars and 2) patrol officers have been deprived of wheels such that they have been doubled up in available cars, cutting the number of operating patrol units in half. But none of that matters: only the croneyism within the BCPD. That's what's important. At least, so long as Baltimore is satisfied with being a national disgrace. I have a radical idea. Instead of replacing O'Malley with another Baltimore moron of the voters' choice, how about adopting the City Manager form of government, in which someone with actual professional management experience makes the operational decisions and is responsible to City Council for them?
Another solution would be for the State to withdraw policing authority from the City charter, because it has a pretty consistent 20-year history of absolute inability to police an inner-city to a civilized result.
Then a separate policing jurisdiction independent of the City would provide that service with its own dedicated police-tax revenues and the City could continue doing with its general levy what it does best... throwing taxpayers' money down toilets.
Some statistics which should help understand why Montg'y County is so much safer than Baltimore City:
The State of Maryland
Baltimore County
Howard County
all have about 20 arrests per officer
Montg'y Co has about 63% less than that average.
Balto. City has 25-50% more than that average, depending upon which arrests you consider 'real'.
In practice, lower arrests per officer generally correspond to higher-quality arrests, so that Montg'y Co arrest per officer stats are probably much more reliable than Balto. City's.
In any event, Baltimore City clearly needs a lot more cops. Once you have adequate manpower coverage, you can even go back to arresting people for things they actually did (which will pull back the stats a bit) Until Baltimore passes Policing Theory 101, Make Mine Duncan in Annapolis '05.
P.S. I'm really losing patience with Lenny Hamm. Birds of a feather...
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