Baltimore County Police Accepting Protective Equipment Donations to Help Stem Spread of COVID-19.

Opinion Section

Op-Ed: BCPS Should Better Prioritize Spending

By Bronwyn Mitchell-Strong

The work is hard. It is going to take time. It is going to take money. But we need to meet the students where they are and give them what they need to succeed.

Readers Speak!: ‘Nary of Word’ from Some Media When Prior BCPS Leadership Demonstrated Disrespect

By Anne Groth

"When one board member told another to 'shut your mouth,' no one batted an eye, or spoke a word."

Readers Speak!: BCPS Sounds Like a Hollywood Movie Script

By Anne Groth

"Truth is stranger than fiction indeed."

Op-Ed: Tail Wagging the Dog? BCPS Shredgate Issues Still Exist.

By Scott Hall

What has not been done is insulting to the taxpayers' intelligence, paradoxical to proper management, an affront to common sense, and repugnant to the public's expectations for improved school board supervision of its employees...

Op-Ed: Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Abuse and Neglect through Legislation

By Del. Michele Guyton

A state bill, designed to make it a criminal act to abuse or neglect vulnerable adults, will be heard on Tuesday, Jan. 21.

Readers Speak!: All I wanted for Christmas was Transparency in Baltimore County (and the truth about the North Point Government Center)

By Robert Staab

Imagine this. After years of struggling to save North Point Government Center Park in Dundalk, it's still here to be enjoyed thanks to the wisdom of the Maryland Board of Public Works.

Readers Speak!: Connecting Baltimore County’s Dots

By Anne Groth

Kudos the residents who actively continue to question these kinds of dealings.

Op-Ed: Maryland Discipline Study Shows Usual – But Misunderstood – Effects of Policies on Measures of Racial Disparity

By James P. Scanlan, Esq.

"Thus, contrary to expectations promoted by both the U.S. Department of Education and the Maryland State Department of Education, reductions in school removals had been accompanied by increases, rather decreases, in ratios of the rates of blacks and students with disabilities to the rates of comparison groups."

Readers Speak!: Outside View of Western Culture on the Influence of a Celebrity, from the President to Religion

By Matjaž Kulovic

Who would have thought that this is the man who would start a culture revolution? Or at least spark one?

Readers Speak!: Maryland’s Government Agencies Should Take Public Record Requests Seriously

By Anne Groth

"Clean it up!"

The Baltimore County Police Department is asking for donations from businesses and organizations for disinfectant wipes, hand sanitizer, gloves, masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

If able to donate, contributors are being asked to contact their local precincts to arrange delivery:

Precinct 1 – Wilkens
Commander: Captain Eliot Latchaw
901 Walker Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
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Phone: 410-887-0872
Fax: 410-887-1018

Precinct 2 – Woodlawn
Commander: Captain Wes Fischer
6424 Windsor Mill Road
Woodlawn, Maryland 21207
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Phone: 410-887-1340
Fax: 410-887-6857

Precinct 3 – Franklin
Commander: Captain Will Buckingham
606 Nicodemus Road
Reisterstown, Maryland 21136
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Phone: 410-887-6975
Fax: 410-517-1950

Precinct 4 – Pikesville
Commander: Captain Brandon Rogers
215 Milford Mill Road
Pikesville, Maryland 21208
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Phone: 410-887-1279
Fax: 410-887-6770

Precinct 6 – Towson
Commander: Captain Deanna Chemelli
115 West Susquehanna Avenue
Towson, Maryland 21204
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Phone: 410-887-2361
Fax: 410-887-2360

Precinct 7 – Cockeysville
Commander: Captain John Young
111 Wight Avenue
Cockeysville, Maryland 21030
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Phone: 410-887-1820
Fax: 410-584-8922

Precinct 8 – Parkville
Commander: Captain Dave Trivett
8532 Old Harford Road
Baltimore, Maryland 21234
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Phone: 410-887-5310
Fax: 410-887-5313

Precinct 9 – White Marsh
Commander: Captain Joseph Conger
8220 Perry Hall Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21236
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Phone: 410-887-5000
Fax: 410-887-5008

Precinct 11 – Essex
Commander: Captain Craig Mitchell
216 North Marlyn Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21221
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Phone: 410-887-0220
Fax: 410-887-0224

Precinct 12 – Dundalk
Commander: Captain Glen Wiedeck
428 Westham Way
Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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Phone: 410-887-7320
Fax: 410-887-7316