Maryland State Police should come to Baltimore

December 3, 2:22 PMBaltimore Politics ExaminerAdam Meister

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We are all familiar with the Maryland State Police. They are the state troopers we see parked along the highway ready to give us a speeding ticket. You may not know this but Maryland State Police do not patrol in Baltimore city. There are bureaucratic turf battles between the Baltimore city police and Maryland state police that prevent the state troopers from helping out in Baltimore. Just the other day some friends of mine were commenting on how long it took police in Baltimore to respond to a 911 call. There are not enough police patrolling the streets of Baltimore. Criminals know this and understand that they have that much extra time to get away. If state troopers were allowed to lend a helping hand then there would be more police on the beat and less time for criminals to get away. One would think that in this time of crisis that these two organizations that are supposed to protect the people, could put away their differences and come up with a plan to work together to make Baltimore safer. It's a shame to think that people might die because of a silly turf battle between bureaucracies.