Maryland

• Type of program: 911 or general emergency.
• Program name: #77 (#SP).
• Program housed: Maryland State Police Barracks.
• Program began: Unknown.
• Reason for initiation: The program was initiated to allow the public to report aggressive and impaired drivers.
• How does the program operate: Calls are routed to local a dispatcher and an available patrol officer is sent to investigate.
• Phone number used: #77.
• How is program announced or promoted: TV or radio and highway signs or billboards.
• Is funding required: Yes, for dispatchers.
• Has any evaluation been conducted: No.
• Some problems with program: Incomplete information from callers, too few patrol officers to attend to the calls, officers do not have probable cause to stop the vehicle.
• Contact information:

                        Chief Vernon F. Betkey, Jr.
                        Maryland Highway Safety Office
                        410-787-5824
                        vbetkey@sha.state.md.us

                        Joy Malowski, Safety Programs Section Chief
                        Maryland Highway Safety Office
                        jmalowski@sha.state.md.us

                        Joe Tubman, Financial Management Section Chief
                        Maryland Highway Safety Office
                        jtubman@sha.state.md.us

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