From the office of Del. Kathy Szeliga: Fall is here already! Cheap Trees in Baltimore County Baltimore County’s Department of Environmental Protection and Sustainability is hosting its 8th bi-annual Big Trees Sale to encourage homeowners to plant trees in their yards. Trees range from $20 to $30 and are mostly 4-5 feet in three gallon […]
Since 2011, Aberdeen Police Department Special Operations Unit Has Seized 30 Lbs of Marijuana, $90,000 Cash, Multiple Guns and Vehicles
From the Aberdeen Police Department: Over the past several years, the Aberdeen Police Department’s Special Operations Unit has evolved from a uniformed interdiction unit into a covert narcotics investigation unit. Special Operations Unit consists of several detectives who have extensive training in the detection, recognition, and trends of controlled dangerous substances. Additionally, all members of […]
Harford County Public Schools Details Security Measures in Wake of Perry Hall HS Shooting
Following the Aug. 27 shooting at Perry Hall High School in Baltimore County, Teri Kranefeld, manager of communications for Harford County Public Schools provided the following list of school building safety measures currently in place in HCPS. The list is followed by a statement on the shootings from U.S. Rep. Andy Harris. 1. Each school […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Citizens Police Academy, Week 15: Firearms Training System and Graduation
The weight of the Glock 9mm feeling strange in my hand, my partner and I step out of our patrol car. The call came in for an individual lying on the cement in an aqueduct near a busy overpass. A pair of tunnels under the road stretching away to the right, we approach the prone […]
Harford County Citizens Police Academy, Week 13: Firearms Range, K-9 Unit, and Dive Team
The pursuing officers heard the command as they edged along the fence in a backyard in Windsor Valley, “Drop the gun!” As they learned they dropped to a crouched position expecting the confrontation. The K-9 unit, handled by Sgt. Donald Gividen, in the lead position gave the command again, “Drop the gun!” Captain Bowman crept […]
Harford County Sheriff’s Office Investigating Aberdeen, Edgewood Shootings
Harford County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating two shootings which occurred in the last three days, one in Edgewood Monday afternoon which sent a man to Shock Trauma in critical condition, and another in Aberdeen Saturday in which a South Carolina man visiting relatives for a funeral was shot in the arm. Police said deputies […]
Edgewood Man Found Dead of Multiple Gunshot Wounds
(Edgewood, MD – December 8, 2011 – 12:30 p.m.) On Thursday, December 8, 2011 at approximately 8:57 a.m., Harford County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 1300 block of Harford Square Drive, O Court in Edgewood, MD for a report of a woman screaming in the area. Upon arrival deputies found that the woman in […]
Office of Drug Control Policy Receives State Crime Control Grant Addressing Criminal Activities in Edgewood Area
From Harford County government: During the period 2007 to 2009, as the result of unprecedented federal, state and local collaboration, Harford County recorded a 2.8% reduction in total crime and a 4.6% reduction in property crime. Over that same period, Harford County seized or recovered 262 guns, arrested 63 gang members, conducted 1,717 sex offender […]
