City Cops

We at the crapper would like to address some murmur-ings we have heard about city cops. We have heard that city cops cut corners, are not polite, are incompetent, etc.

Bullshit. City cops including Delmar, Fruitland, Princess Anne, Ocean City, Berlin, Cambridge and Easton do most, MOST of the police work in the area. Truth be told these cops are stretched thin as a wire and do the best they can with what they have. While local area Sheriff's Offices are elected positions, police departments typically are not so citizens feel they have more pull with the Sheriff's Offices and therefore, at times they may feel they get a "more professional" response from their Sheriff's Office. But, typically city cops are as professional police officers as their county counter parts and deserve an enormous amount of credit with dealing with their indigenous population day after day, being locked into patrolling a small area, and being over burden with reports and a lack of funding and personnel. Some city departments turn over employees regularly therefore they tend to have younger, less experienced, less mature officers. But this is not the fault of the officers rather then that of the department.

While county cops do an excellent job as well they also have to deal with less calls for service and therefore can dedicate more time to investigating an incident BUT they typically deal with a lot more bullshit from their agencies.

So, hats off to the city cops. Keep up the great work.