Prince Georges County Police Rift Over Rising Crime Rate

did the mayor and rcw just leave there or something? sounds like our dept. the problem is bigger than a police dept it is society that is not wanting the laws enforced it is time for good people to stand up and stop doing nothing. not everyone deserves not to be offended.

How do you not know how many sworn officers an agency has? For that matter - as of Monday (and the retirements) - how many officers does LMPD have? Break it down. You can include the officers who are getting ready to go solo in a couple of weeks.

And I'm wondering, what is the population policed by St. Georges? How does it equate to Louisville Metro?

we sure don't have much for our nearly 130 million dollar budget. Our starting pay is a whopping $27,000 a year. SAD!!!!!!!

From what I can find....Prince Georges County Maryland has 6 Police divisions, 481 Sq. Miles and a Population of 801,000. here is more info I found.

Starting Salary of $37,724

Shift differential pay for evening and midnight shifts

Benefits Offered

Retirement Retirement of 60% of annual salary after 20 years of service. Each additional year the pension benefit shall increase by 2.50% up to a maximum of 85% after 30 years of service

Personal Car Program Police Officers residing within Prince George's County are assigned a personal patrol car (upon availability) for on and off duty use. Off duty use is limited to Prince George's County and the officer must be available to perform police service, if called upon to do so.

Leave Programs Annual: 13 days per year first 3 years, 20 days per year after 3 years, 26 days per year after 15 years. Sick: 15 days per year. Personal Leave: 1 day per year. Discretionary leave: 1.5 days per year during the first 10 years of service, 3 days per year after 10 years

Paid Holidays Several paid Holidays are provided for each year.

Other Benefits Include:

Overtime pay

Off-duty court pay

Tuition reimbursement

Interpreter pay

Bonus of up to $400 for maintaining top physical fitness

Initial uniformed clothing supplied. Thereafter an annual clothing allowance is provided in the amount of $1,150.00 for FY04 and $1,200.00 for FY05.

Sworn Personnel (Authorized) 1420

Civilian Personnel (Authorized) 255

Part-time Crossing Guards 137

Marked Patrol Vehicles 871

Unmarked Vehicles 534

Specialty Vehicles 73

Motorcycles 11

Canines 18

Helicopters 2

Total Calls Received in 2003 528,847

Total Budget (Approved FY2004) $148,492,600

Most City Mayors are too political and are mostly unqualified to oversee people who carry guns and make arrests for a living. Many seem to want to use the police as their personal security guard service and exempt both themselves and their friends from any legal repurcussions for violating the law. The state legislature should just merge all police and sheriffs departments into a single state department run by a police commission answering to the Governor. KSP doesn't have near the political interference and outright corruption seen in City and County governments.

I hate to break it to these folks, but MOST homicides are committed by people who know each other. It isn't like there are all these "stranger" murders out there.

One of my neighbors mentioned an interesting theory. (Yes, I live very close to one of the Tuesday murder sites.) He had the impression that the demographic of the neighborhood had changed in the last six months by an influx of people pushed out of Clarksdale. Don't know if there is anything behind it, but ... would be interesting to know where these folks (victims AND suspects) lived previously.