Mystery as Maryland town suspends its ENTIRE police force – as ‘blindsided’ residents demand to know why
• The 1,600 residents of Ridgely on Maryland’s east coast were informed in a terse two-line statement that their police department had been suspended
• Residents accused the town of treating them like children by offering no reason for the ‘investigation by the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor’
• The mystery has left residents baffled as to what the officers they know so well could possible have done
Residents of a small town in Maryland are demanding ‘the truth’ after all six of their police officers were ordered to step aside pending an investigation by the state prosecutor.
The people of Ridgely learned in a terse two-line announcement on the town’s website that its three commissioners have ‘suspended with pay the entirety of the Ridgely Police Department effectively (sic) immediately’.
The commissioners have been accused of treating its 1,600 citizens as children and leaving crime victims relying on officers from the Caroline County Sheriff’s Office to reach them in time.
‘What’s very concerning is that they didn’t communicate with us in an honest and open way,’ said Laura Cline, a longtime resident of the town.
‘Treat us with respect. We’re adults; thinking, rational adults who deserve the truth.’