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About Maryland Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs
The Maryland Coalition of Police and Deputy Sheriffs (Maryland COPS) is an alliance between the Maryland police departments and Deputy Sheriffs seeking the welfare of all law enforcement agencies in the state. MCOPS operates under the supervision of a Principle Officer, Christopher J. Strope. Its headquarters are located at 672 Old Mill Rd., St 181. Millersville, MD, 21108, United States.
The coalition was established by a group of officers, the Howard County Police Department, at a gathering in Columbia, Maryland, in 1990 and eventually named the Maryland COPS. Originally, Maryland COPS was an IUPA State Council. The state councils collaborated with other IUPA members to provide law enforcement professionals with high-quality services. Maryland COPS was reorganized in 1995 following a model created by Virginia COPS, a sister organization, and this is reflected in Maryland COPS' present-day organizational structure.
Additionally, Maryland COPS collaborates with the International Brotherhood of Police Officers to provide much-needed representation, practical street survival training, and other training that reflects the dangerous reality of law enforcement today.
For more than 25 years, MCOPS has offered groups and law enforcement personnel unions in Maryland many symbolic, organizational, and advocacy options.
What is the purpose of the Maryland COPS?
MCOPS aims to ensure togetherness among law enforcement officers and set the standards they (as law enforcement officers) want to achieve. The organization's primary goal is to educate and provide legal aid to the officers in the organization.
Maryland law enforcement is a risky profession, and Maryland law enforcement agencies officers risk their lives for the safety of Maryland citizens. The Maryland COPS, in return, helps take care of fallen officers and their families. It also offers intensive training programs for police officers to help them better deal with the daily risks they face.
This association seeks to take care of its own in case of anything that may affect an officer's or agency's welfare. Furthermore, it assists politically active politicians who support law enforcement officials in their legislative initiatives. It offers vital support to candidates for public office who will support law enforcement personnel and their families.
In addition to the Maryland State Police departments and Deputy Sheriffs, COPS also receives support from the Maryland Department of State and Justice and the International Brotherhood of Police (IBOP).
This organization also tries to enforce policies that support the agencies in the state and their demands. This may be for various reasons, such as salary improvement, better working conditions, or equipment. It acts as the state's law enforcement advocate to address their issues.
MCOPS Training
During the MCOPS training, officers undergo class lessons and practical training on various issues they deal with in their line of duty. This training and lessons aim to ensure that they can help deal with various situations. Note that this training and lessons are continuous. They include the following:
- Constitutional law.
- Patrol techniques.
- Traffic laws and enforcement.
- Criminal law and investigations.
- Emergency medical care.
- Crime prevention and crisis intervention.
- Defensive strategies and tactics.
- Terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.
This training and education aim to ensure that the law enforcement agencies in Maryland acquire leadership capacity, strategic planning, and thinking skills. All these aim to increase the quality of life in their respective agencies to meet their organizational mission.
Sources of Funding
For the organization to continue operating and help cater to law enforcement officers better, it needs funds. Taxpayers' money mainly goes to the various law enforcement agencies and not the officers; since they are independent organizations, they require funds from various places. Their sources of funds include;
- Donations from other organizations.
- Maryland Law enforcement grants.
- Politicians' donations.
- State and county charity programs.
- Department of State donations.
MCOPS Contact Information
For more information, you can contact MCOPS by phone at (800) 418-0442
You can also email them at [email protected] or visit their official website.
Maryland Inmate Search
The Maryland prison system has over 30,000 inmates incarcerated across state prisons, federal facilities, and local jails. The Maryland Department of Public Safety and Corrections Services (DPSCS) is responsible for all inmates in 30 jails in 23 counties and 19 state correctional and pre-release facilities. On the other hand, the Federal Bureau of Prisons is responsible for the federal prisons in Maryland.
Maryland also has over 70,000 probationers and 9,669 parolees. In addition, it has over 600 juveniles in juvenile facilities. With these statistics, Maryland incarcerates 308 individuals per 100,000 people.
It can be very challenging when you have an inmate incarcerated in Maryland and do not know where to start. Besides, you cannot be moving from one jail to another requesting the facilities to perform an inmate search.
Nonetheless, there are easier ways to locate any inmate in Maryland, where you can also find the inmate's arrest, personal, criminal, and court records.
State Prisoner Search
To find an inmate in the Maryland state prison, visit the Maryland DPSCS official website and find the inmate locator page. On the page, you can find an inmate by their name or prisoner ID attained from the DPSCS.
You can see the inmate's mugshot in the search results to confirm them. You can also see their prison's incarceration facility, location, and contact information.
To search by name, fill in their official names, including the surname if you have it. On the other hand, since prisoner ID is personal, you can view the inmate exactly when you fill in the number.
You can contact Maryland DPSCS if you cannot find the information you seek.
Federal Prisoner Search
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is responsible for all federal inmates in Maryland. To locate a prisoner, visit the FBOP official website and locate the Inmate Locator Tool. The search tool is searchable by name and prisoner ID. This tool can also search for prisoner records for inmates from 1982.
When looking for a prisoner using their names, note that you must include all three names, their date of birth, sex, age, and race. This way, the search results are narrowed down, and it's easier to locate them that way.
On the other hand, when locating an inmate by number, you need to specify the number, which must be either:
- BOP register number.
- DCDC number.
- INS number.
- FBI number.
Note that feeding the correct number into the wrong category will not yield accurate search results. Thus, you must be very careful when inputting these numbers.
County Jail Inmate Search
Maryland County jails are maintained and run by the sheriff's office, which also maintains jail rosters, particularly for county inmates. These rosters contain all the information on all the inmates under their care. Starting your Maryland inmate search process is ideal as this is the most local incarceration point.
If you know the inmate's county of incarceration, you can visit the county sheriff's office or jail website to locate an inmate there. You can also find their contact information in case you cannot find the inmate through the online jail roster.
Municipal/City jail Inmate Search
Since most city jails under city police departments ideally do not have online jail rosters, locating an inmate in a city jail is only by phone or in person. You can find the police department's contact information on their websites.
Sex Offenders Search
All sex offenders must register with their county sheriff's office or local law enforcement agencies. The sheriffs maintain the Maryland Sex Offender Registry locally. Using the ZIP code, you can visit the registry to locate an offender by geographical location or name.
Community Supervision Inmate Search
As there are so many inmates on probation, house arrest, parole, and other forms of community supervision, you can visit the Maryland DPSCS parolees and probationers search tool to locate them.
Maryland ICE Detainees Search
Maryland has four ICE Detention facilities. To locate an inmate incarcerated in any of these facilities, you can visit the online detainee locator system to locate a detainee using their official names and then choose their county of birth.
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