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Thursday, May 10, 2018

Governor Will Join Maryland State Police to Honor Fallen Heroes

Governor Will Join Maryland State Police to Honor Fallen Heroes


(PIKESVILLE, MD) – Governor Larry Hogan will join Colonel William Pallozzi and police survivor families to honor state troopers who have given their lives in the line of duty at the annual Maryland State Police Fallen Heroes Ceremony.

The ceremony will honor the 43 state troopers who made the ultimate sacrifice serving in Maryland and two troopers killed while on active military duty in World War II.

Deputy Chief State Fire Marshal Sander Cohen will be honored during the unveiling of a new memorial honoring members of the Office of the State Fire Marshal killed in the line of duty.

Speakers will include Governor Hogan, Colonel Pallozzi, State Fire Marshal Brian Geraci, and Major Joseph Lanzi, Jr., the son of a Maryland State Police Fallen Hero. Major Lanzi currently serves as a surgeon in the US Army.

In addition to the families of Fallen Heroes, the event will be attended by current and retired state troopers and deputy state fire marshals, there to honor their fellow troopers and deputy.

WHAT:          MARYLAND STATE POLICE FALLEN HEROES CEREMONY

WHEN:          FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2018   11:00 A.M.

WHERE:       MARYLAND STATE POLICE HEADQUARTERS

FALLEN HEROES MEMORIAL (QUADRANGLE)
1201 REISTERSTOWN ROAD
PIKESVILLE, MD

CONTACT:    Greg Shipley – Office of Media Communications 
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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. at “National Night Out” Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at Dutterer's Family Park


Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. at “National Night Out” Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:30-8:00 Dutterer's Family Park

Food, Games, Door Prizes, Music

Police and community partnerships: National Night Out is an annual event designed to strengthen our communities by encouraging neighborhoods to engage in stronger relationships with each other and with their local law enforcement partners. The goal is to heighten crime-prevention awareness, build support and participation in local anti-crime programs, and most importantly, send a message that our neighborhoods are organized and fighting back. It's also the perfect opportunity to get to know your neighbors even better. See you there.

Hosted by: GFWC Junior Woman's Club of Westminster/City of Westminster Police Department

Westminster Vol. Fire Dept. at “National Night Out” Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:30-8:00 Dutterer's Family Park https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10211649355883023

“National Night Out” Tuesday, August 5, 2014 6:30-8:00 Dutterer's Family Park https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10211649308081828



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Saturday, March 25, 2017

Westminster Auxiliary Police Sgt. Larry Myers


Westminster Auxiliary Police Sgt. Larry Myers talks with a young man who wants to be a police officer or firefighter at the Third Annual KIDZPO at Grace Lutheran Church Sat March 25, 2017 21 Carroll St Westminster MD.

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Westminster Police Department Captain Randy Barnes graduates from FBI National Academy July 18, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff


Dec. 23, 2015: I happened to see Randy Barnes recently. It was good to see him. It reminded me of this story I wrote about many years ago...

Westminster Police Department Captain Randy Barnes graduates from FBI National Academy July 18, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2007/07/westminster-police-department-captain.html


June is the season when many friends and family come together to celebrate graduations. It was perhaps no different for friends, colleagues, and members of the Barnes family who celebrated Randy Barnes’ graduation on June 8.

All right, maybe it was a little different; for you see Westminster Police Department Captain Randy D. Barnes, at age 50, graduated last month on June 8 from the 229th session of the prestigious FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va., which began April 1. He was presented his diploma by FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. The academy, which began in 1935, has to date, had more than 37,000 persons graduate.

Captain Barnes graduated from Westminster High School in 1976, the year Chief H. Leroy Day retired and Sam R. Leppo was appointed Chief. 

In the past he has taken classes at Carroll and Catonsville Community College, in addition to attending the Western Maryland Police Academy in Hagerstown, MD in 1980. He has also taken a long list of trainings, including courses such as Special Weapons and Tactics School, Investigative & Electronic Surveillance Training, Law Enforcement Executive Development, and Firearms Instructor School.

He has been with the Westminster Police Department 28 years. Much has changed since that hot summer day on August 7, 1979, when Captain Barnes reported for duty when the Westminster Police Department was still located in Westminster City Hall.

This was in the days before the department moved from its two-room office in City Hall to the basement of the Longwell Municipal Center in 1980. When Captain Barnes first joined the department folks taken in police custody were often handcuffed to the radiators in the office or locked in a storage room in the basement.

After the department moved to the Longwell building, its radio communication began providing 24 hour service from a dispatch center that was linked to a new concept called the “911 emergency system.

And in 1981 the department started a “Crisis Response Team.” Captain Barnes was part of that team that was shot at in a 15-hour barricade situation in town on January 30, 1984.

Today Captain Barnes is the Commander of the Field Services Bureau and the Incident Commander for the Carroll County Crisis Response Team. The Field Service Bureau consists of Patrol, K-9, Crisis Response Team, Traffic Safety, Parking Management, and Emergency Management.

The basic foundation of any successful and thriving community is public safety and in the last number of years the changes in the pursuit of public safety have been profound and precipitous.

And one thing that will remain constant in the future is that the changes will keep coming. It is in this light that Captain Barnes said he “jumped at the opportunity (to attend the FBI Academy.) It has been a dream to have the opportunity to go…”

In a recent telephone conversation the first thing that he mentioned is that he “couldn’t have done it without the support of his wife and children.”

As far as the constant changes and challenges facing law enforcement these day, Captain Barnes emphasized, “When you think that you have learned enough to be good at your profession that is when you must realize that there is so much more to learn… One of the major benefits of attending the FBI National Academy was the opportunity to network with law enforcement executives from all over the country – and the world for that matter.”

His dormitory roommate for the 10 weeks at the academy was a lieutenant (Bruce Banks) with the Illinois State Police internal affairs division.

“He was among 300 law enforcement officials from throughout the United States, as well as those from 25 foreign countries -- who attended” this academy session. Appointment of candidates to the FBI academy is a highly selective process. Less than 1 percent of the nation's law enforcement officials are chosen to attend the program,” according to a recent Westminster Eagle news brief.

Captain Barnes said this gave him ample opportunity for networking with other top law enforcement professionals and being exposed to “new ideas…  and getting good ideas from other police professionals who are dealing with similar challenges (as Westminster.) 

“The City of Westminster is not the Lone Ranger when it comes to many of the current law enforcement challenges we face. It was good to gather some insights into what has been tried and worked in other areas of the country facing similar challenges,” Captain Barnes explained.

Law enforcement today is all about ever-changing challenges… And “in an era of decreasingly finite resources the department needs to be constantly focusing on more training and exposing ourselves to new operating efficiencies and cutting edge technologies…”

The academic portion of the day at the academy went from 8 am to 5:30. After dinner, they studied, worked-out and ran to kept in shape, and used the time to work on research papers. His main paper for the session was on “Methods of processing latent fingerprints.”

“I selected courses which will (immediately) benefit Westminster citizens and the department,” Captain Barnes elaborated. The classes, which are academically accredited through its affiliation with the University of Virginia, included legal issues, advanced investigative techniques, police management, professional ethics, and fitness training.

As a result, “Captain Barnes earned undergraduate college credits upon completion of academy courses, which included the following: Legal Issues for Command Level Officers; Labor Law Issues for Law Enforcement Administration; Forensic Science for Police Administrators; Chemical Agents in Law Enforcement; Contemporary Issues in Police and Media Relations; Gangs, Developmental Issues, and Criminal Behavior; and Fitness in Law Enforcement,” according to a news release from Westminster Police Chief Jeff Spaulding.

Chief Spaulding, along with Major Ron Stevens are also FBI Academy graduates; having had the opportunity to attend while they were a member of other police agencies before joining the Westminster Police Department.  Captain Barnes is the first police officer to attend the academy while with the Westminster Department.

Captain Barnes, a Lacrosse enthusiast, said “each week there was a physical fitness challenge. As the weeks would go by the physical fitness challenge would get more difficult. They were all named after characters, events, or features of the Wizard of Oz.”

They included “We’re Not in Kansas Anymore,” the “Tin Man Trot,” the Munchkin Run - 4.2 miles; Journey to Oz - 5.2 miles and finally, the Yellow Brick Road, a 6.1-mile run, once completed, they were awarded a yellow brick inscribed with “FBINA 229.”

One of the highlights of the FBI Academy experience was touring the Marine Corps Museum. Captain Barnes shared that one of the most emotional experiences occurred during Law Enforcement Memorial Week in the early of part of May. 

Three buses of children of police officers who were killed in the line of duty in the previous year visited the Academy and the Marine Corps Museum. They were accompanied by 100 police motorcycle escorts from the departments in which the slain officers served. “I will never forget it,” said Captain Barnes.
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Sunday, June 21, 2015

"Camp COPS receives generous donation from Koons Westminster Toyota Scion" Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland; June 18, 2015



Sheriff Jim DeWees, along with everyone involved in the Camp C.O.P.S. program, would like to thank Koons Westminster Toyota Scion for their generous support of this summer program.

On Tuesday, June 16th, Nigel Hayes, General Manager, along with Angela Boerner, Controller, presented a check for $5000 to Sheriff Jim DeWees and Sgt Keith Benfer of the Westminster Police Department to help fund the program.

Carroll County Camp C.O.P.S. (COURAGE TO BE OUTSTANDING WITH PRIDE AND SELF CONFIDENCE) is a joint effort between the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Westminster Police Department, Maryland State Police, Taneytown Police, and the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, and is designed to bring a better understanding of Law Enforcement to the youth of Carroll County, while working in the atmosphere of a Police Academy.

Located at the Carroll County Farm Museum in Westminster, Camp C.O.P.S. is open to middle school students (those students going into 6th, 7th, or 8th grade).

This year, the Camp will run from July 20th through July 24th.

The donation will be used to purchase many of the items needed to run the popular summer program. This will include equipment and activities for the camp, as well as such items as shirts, hats, water bottles, and food.
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Saturday, June 6, 2015

suicideTALK



esuicideTALK is a one-two hour exploration in suicide
awareness. It is intended for all members of a community, ages 15 and up.

Organized around the question "Should we talk about suicide?" this
program provides a structure in which session members can safely explore some
of the most challenging attitudinal issues about suicide, and encourages every
member to find a part that they can play in preventing suicide. esuicideTALK is
designed to suit your schedule and lifestyle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Feh3vq07p2o

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Romans Chapter 13 verse 4


Romans Chapter 13 verse 4

For he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13 v4
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Saturday, February 7, 2015

December 2, 2014: Jim DeWees Carroll County MD 58th Sheriff


CARROLL COUNTY TO SWEAR IN 58TH SHERIFF FIRST NEW SHERIFF IN 16 YEARS



Westminster – Carroll County will swear in its 58th Sheriff during an inauguration ceremony at Carroll Community College’s Scott Auditorium on Tuesday, Dec 2nd.  Clerk of the Circuit Court, Donald Sealing, will swear in retired Maryland State Police Captain Jim DeWees as the first new Sheriff of Carroll County in 16 years.  Sheriff DeWees won both contested primary and general elections by overwhelming margins to become Sheriff.  He takes over for retiring Sheriff Kenneth Tregoning who was first elected to office in 1998.  Sheriff Tregoning served four consecutive terms and did not seek re-election for a fifth.

Sheriff DeWees was raised in Carroll County and is a 1988 graduate of South Carroll High School in Winfield, Maryland.  He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree in Criminal Justice from Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland and a Masters of Arts degree in Human Resource Development from Seton Hall University in Trenton, New Jersey.  Sheriff DeWees is also a graduate of the Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command.

Sheriff DeWees is married with three children who attend Carroll County Public Schools.  His wife of 16 years, Heather, is a teacher for Carroll County Public Schools and the girls’ varsity basketball coach at Manchester Valley High School.  Sheriff DeWees is the second youngest of the six children of Joan and the late Thomas DeWees of Thurmont, Maryland.

Sheriff DeWees retired as a Captain from the Maryland State Police.  His career with the Maryland State Police started after high school when he became a cadet at the age of 18.  Sheriff DeWees rose through the ranks of the Maryland State Police and held numerous operational and command assignments within the organization.  Sheriff DeWees spent the majority of his career as a patrol and investigative trooper, supervisor and barrack commander in Carroll County, assigned to the Westminster Barrack.  Sheriff DeWees was commander of both the Westminster and Golden Ring Barracks, Operations Commander for the Washington Metropolitan Area and ended his 25-year career as the Special Operations Division Commander, overseeing Emergency Operations, K9, S.T.A.T.E. Team and the Motor Unit.  He also served as an instructor at the State Police Academy.  For most of his career, Sheriff DeWees served as an operator, team leader and commander of the Maryland State Police SWAT Team known as S.T.A.T.E.

In 1998, Sheriff DeWees was awarded the Governor’s Citation of Valor after he shot the gun out of a suicidal man’s hand, ending a two-hour standoff in Keymar, Maryland.  He is also a recipient of the Superintendent’s Citation of Valor for his role in ending two separate armed standoffs in 2000 and 2002.  Sheriff DeWees has received numerous awards for excellence in investigations and leadership.

Sheriff DeWees brings a diverse background of law enforcement experience and leadership to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.   Continuing a career of public service, Sheriff DeWees now leads 260 dedicated employees who staff a full service law enforcement agency providing road patrol and criminal investigative services, a detention center, and courthouse security.  Sheriff DeWees considers it one of the highest honors of his career to serve the citizens of Carroll County as their Sheriff.

DeWees appointed Eldersburg resident Larry Suther as Chief Deputy of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office.  Suther is a retired major from the Baltimore County Police Department where he spent 38 years working his way through the ranks from cadet to major and retiring as commander of the Special Operations Division.  Suther will hold the rank of Colonel and oversee the operations for the Office.  Colonel Suther has extensive operational, tactical and investigative experience.  Colonel Suther holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Baltimore and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.


DeWees also appointed Manchester resident Vicky McDonold as Director of the Management Services Bureau.  Director McDonold comes to the Sheriff’s Office from the private sector where she was a project manager for Automatic Data Processing (ADP) in Owings Mills.  McDonold holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Towson University in finance and a Master’s Degree from University of Maryland University College in Technology Management.

December 2, 2014 Jim DeWees Carroll County MD 58th Sheriff

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The close working relationship between newly-elected sheriff and state’s attorney appreciated.

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, kevindayhoff@gmail.com

Sunday, February 8, 2015

The Carroll County sheriff’s office has been a whirlwind of activity ever since retired Maryland State Police Captain Jim DeWees took office last December 2 as Carroll County’s 58th sheriff.

DeWees takes office at a time of great changes in law enforcement. Not to be overlooked is the heightened scrutiny – and danger – in which law enforcement officers find themselves these days.

Among the many new approaches initiated recently; the sheriff’s office has announced a long over-due initiative to equalize the due process, retirement and compensation disparities between the sheriff’s deputies who work the county roads in a law enforcement and investigations capacity with that of the men and women who work as correctional officers in the county detention facility.

Then, just days later, the sheriff’s office announced the appointment of an additional investigator to the county’s drug task force to help forcefully address the growing alarm in the community over the growing abuse of prescription drugs and heroin.

DeWees has also been working closely with the county’s new Carroll County state’s attorney, Brian DeLeonardo, in a number of areas; including the recent announcement of heightening the coordination between prosecutors and local police officers and deputies who work the streets.

Both DeWees and DeLeonardo emphasized their fathers in their respective oath of office ceremonies. Both dads served in the Vietnam War in the 1960s and early 1970s. This is interesting since arguably the last sea change in approach to law enforcement in the community took place in the 1960s.



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Friday, January 9, 2015

Carroll County Md Law Enforcement Appreciation Ceremony


Law Enforcement Appreciation Ceremony

Westminster Md., Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 - Several hundred hardy folks braved 25 degree temperatures to show their appreciation for Carroll County area law enforcement agencies this evening at 7 p.m. between the County Office Building and the Sheriff’s Office located at 225 North Center Street, Westminster

In a prepared remarks, the Carroll County board of commissioners said they wanted to come together “to show our gratitude and appreciation for all that our police personnel do for the citizens of Carroll County each and every day…

“Please join us in showing our support for each of the law enforcement agencies in Carroll County, including the municipal police forces, the Sheriff’s personnel as well as the State Police. Take a tour of the Sheriff’s Office Emergency Command Vehicle and other law enforcement vehicles that will be on hand.

“Every day police officers put their lives in harm’s way to protect law abiding citizens; Friday evening is a time for each of us to thank these brave men and women for their service and for keeping our community safe.”

Also speaking were Carroll County Delegate Justin Ready, Carroll County Sheriff Jim DeWees, Carroll County State’s Attorney Brian DeLeonardo and Delegate-elect and former Hampstead mayor and county commissioner Haven Shoemaker –of whom many ‘blamed’ in a good-natured way, for coming up with the idea for the event – that took place in frigid temperatures and a brisk bone-chilling wind.

Among the many folks also attending were the head of the Westminster Police Department dispatchers Brenda Roper, members of FOP Lodge # 20, including Lodge vice-president Steven E. Rogers, former Westminster Vol. Fire Department president Bob Cumberland, and several allied agencies and organizations, such as Catherine’s Cause; that are a constant source of support and encouragement for law enforcement officer. 

The event concluded with the commissioners being award a ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag. A spokesperson explained that on the ‘Thin Blue Line’ flag, the top line represents the public, the bottom line represents the criminals and the blue line in the center represent the thin blue line that separates the public from the criminals.

The program concluded with a prayer by the Carroll County Detention Center chaplain Bob Kimmel.





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On the thin blue line flag, the top line represents the public, the bottom line represents the criminals and the blue line in the center represent the thin blue line that separates the public from the criminals.
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