Monday, December 24, 2012
April was an exciting month. Here's a look at the top stories.
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- Tim Lemke
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Monday, December 24, 2012
As the weather got warmer, the news got more exciting in Odenton and Severn in April. There was an officer-involved shooting, a major fire and some controversy over a school program. Here's a look at the top stories from April of 2012. New AACS Superintendent Moves East After its previous superintendent retired after lawsuits alleging a hostile work environment, Annapolis Area Christian School went on a search for a new leader. It hired Rick Kempton to move from California to take over the reigns. Officer Fatally Shoots Man After Domestic Incident A police officer shot and killed a man when responding to a domestic incident in Gambrills. According to police, the officer feared for his safety when he came to aid a woman who claimed she …
Monday, April 16, 2012
The Anne Arundel County Police Department said Timothy Peek of the Patrol Services Division shot and killed a man in response to a domestic assault on Frost Valley Lane.
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- Tim Lemke
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Anne Arundel County police have identified the officer who they said shot and killed a Gambrills man when responding to a domestic assault Friday night. Police said the officer was Timothy Peek, a four-year veteran of the department who was assigned to the Patrol Services Bureau. He fatally shot Gary Petrie, 56, of 874 Frost Valley Lane in Gambrills, after responding to a call of a domestic disturbance in progress. According to new information released by police, Peek and Petrie engaged in a violent struggle when the officer responded at about 6 p.m. Friday. Peek attempted to use a series of non-lethal weapons on Petrie, but was unable to subdue him, police said. The police department said that at some point, Petrie grabbed a blunt force …
Despite a recent officer-involved shooting in Gambrills on Friday, statistics show that police usually practice restraint.
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- Tim Lemke
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Updated: 3:23 p.m. Anne Arundel County police officers rarely use force when responding to calls for service and hardly ever discharge their firearms, according to police department statistics. Officer-involved shootings such as the one on Friday in Gambrills are exceedingly rare, with most officers able to make arrests without using force about 99 percent of the time, statistics show. Statistics from the department’s Use of Force Report from 2010—the most recent year available—show that officers made 18,256 arrests during the year. Only 186 of those required the use of force, and officers used their firearms in three of those instances. Police spokesman Justin Mulcahy said detectives were continuing to investigate Friday night’s …
Tim Lemke
10:28 am on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
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