The classic police Crown Victoria is dead. Long live the Chevy Caprice? The trusty Ford steed of police departments nationwide for decades has been discontinued, and as that fleet of cars require replacement, the new vehicle roaming the roads of Harford County will be a Chevrolet Caprice. Keeping those cars on the road, installing and […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy Week 6: Evidence Collection Unit, Victim Services Unit
Det. Jan Ryan (far left) details the operations of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Evidence Collection Unit to members of the Citizens Police Academy. (The Dagger/Mark Elloff) ———- When it’s a bad scene, Jan Ryan knows there’ll be a change of clothes and a trash bag waiting for him on the back porch. Ryan said […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy Week 5: Criminal Investigations Division, Child Advocacy Center
Sgt. Dan Staniewicz picked up the phone one day recently, to hear the voice of a woman seeking his help. “I was watching ‘CSI’ the other night…” I’m sure you were, the man in charge of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit thought. But he heard her out. “Okay…how can I help you, […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy Week 3: Domestic Violence Unit, Court Services Bureau
He just lost his temper. I don’t want him to go to jail. I don’t want to lose my children. We don’t have any other way to support ourselves. The excuses for domestic violence are many, but the five members of the Harford County Sheriff’s Office Domestic Violence Unit have heard them all, and a […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy Week 2: Police Services Bureau
On her second day of field training after graduation from the Harford County Sheriff’s Office academy, Christina Presberry got anything but a rookie call: a possible shooting and a barricade situation at the Perrywood Apartments in Aberdeen. It didn’t end there. The intense—or sometimes just odd—situations kept on coming. After a few more years on […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy Week 1: Intro, History, and Organization
A criminal investigator employed by Wal-Mart. A Harford County Public Library children’s librarian. The head coach of the Fallston High School boys soccer team, and one of his former students. A veterinary technician originally from Australia. The sheriff’s wife. And two Dagger contributors. These local residents were among the 36 participants in the 18th class […]
