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Sykesville police promote officer to corporal; auxiliary unit reports heavy event support and training
Summary
Chief Spalding recognized a promotion to corporal and presented a public safety report covering Oct. 6–19 (452 events). The auxiliary police unit reported more than 1,000 volunteer hours for the year, training accomplishments and an ongoing need for auxiliary officers and a crossing guard.
Sykesville Police Chief Spalding on Nov. 1 presented the public safety report for Oct. 6–19 and recognized an internal promotion, while the auxiliary police unit reported robust volunteer activity and training.
The chief said the department recorded 452 events in the period covered by the report and distributed a summary sheet that explains call-for-service categories. The chief offered to provide council a fuller briefing on call-for-service types at a future meeting if members wish to review the categories and how they differ from incident reports.
Chief Spalding formally promoted an officer known in the transcript as Morgan to the rank of corporal, citing her progression from an intern to auxiliary officer, academy graduation, and repeated recognition for community policing, traffic and criminal work. The chief and others presented the corporal badge and a certificate.
Lieutenant Queen reported on the auxiliary police unit: the unit expects to exceed 1,000 volunteer hours this year, currently has eight auxiliary police officers (APOs) and one crossing guard, and is seeking up to four additional APOs and one additional crossing guard to reach a goal of 12 total APOs. The auxiliary unit supports special events, partner activities (including a National Guard event) and performs patrols; it has completed hands-on training this year including OC spray certification for four officers.
Council discussed local crossing needs at Spout Hill Road during school hours and asked the department to consider reassigning community-policing patrols where feasible. Chief Spalding and staff confirmed auxiliary and sworn officers provide extra presence for events and planned extra patrols on Halloween night.
No formal budget action was taken at the meeting; chief and staff noted a rebuilding and equipment-refresh year, including updated auxiliary uniforms and inventory of vehicles to support more solo patrols by trained auxiliary officers.
