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Mayor and Council approve police training tuition, license-plate readers and multiagency forensic MOU
Summary
At a Feb. 11 work session the Hagerstown Mayor and Council voted to fund tuition for 19 cadets at the Washington County Police Academy, approved purchase of Flock Safety license-plate reader cameras and authorized a memorandum of understanding with a Washington County forensic response team.
HAGERSTOWN, Md. — The Hagerstown Mayor and Council at a Feb. 11 work session approved three police-related items: payment of 19 cadets’ tuition to the Washington County Police Academy, the purchase of Flock Safety license-plate reader (LPR) cameras and a memorandum of understanding to join a multiagency forensic response team.
The motions were introduced and approved by voice vote during the session; no roll-call tallies were recorded in the work-session transcript. The council closed a brief special session that opened at the start of the meeting before considering the police items.
Why it matters: The purchases and interagency agreement expand Hagerstown’s public-safety capacity by funding training, adding automated camera tools, and formalizing cooperation with regional partners on victim services and forensic response. The LPR purchase will be paid from the Prime Camera Capital Improvement Program (CIP); the cadet tuition will come from the Hagerstown Police Department operating budget.
Details and background: A council member moved approval of tuition to send 19 cadets to Washington County Police Academy No. 10; the motion was seconded and approved. A separate motion to buy the Flock Safety platform LPRs said the units “will be added to and complement the existing equipment” and that Prime Camera CIP funds would be used. Later in the session the council approved a memorandum of understanding to participate with multiple Washington County agencies, including the Washington County Narcotics Task Force, in a forensic response team. The MOU term listed in the packet begins Oct. 1, 2024, and continues through Sept. 30, 2029.
No additional conditions, funding offsets or roll-call vote data were provided in the work-session record. The agenda items will proceed to the appropriate final-session or implementation steps as required by city policy.
Ending: The work session moved on after the motions; council staff will carry forward any administrative steps needed to process the purchases and to finalize the MOU in line with the listed term dates.
