It is hard not to think about your local police force after the nation has experienced such horrific violence found in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and Minnesota over the last few weeks.
While the Mid-Shore seems like a far distance from those more urban center tragedies, the reality is that police-involved shootings and the use of deadly force are not reserved for major cities. Nor do local police forces feel immune to the new reality of cop assassinations. Whether it be rural or urban, law enforcement is this country has become more complex and arduous as racial tensions increase in the aftermath of these acts of senseless violence.
It was under these sad circumstances that the Spy asked to interview Talbot County Sheriff Joe Gamble to talk about the impact these events have had on his officers, and understand more clearly the policy, training, and tools that local law enforcement must use during these dangerous and unpredictable times.
Beyond our sobering discussion of current events, it was also extraordinarily helpful for Sheriff Gamble to weigh in on these subjects given that fact that in his previous position with the Maryland State Police he had personally investigated over 150 police-related shootings in Maryland when serving as a homicide detective.
This video is approximately twenty-four minutes in length
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