The Baltimore City Police Recruit Military Troops

Baltimore City Police Officers salute has Maj. Gen Adolph McQueen, of the military police command, and Fred Bealefeld, Baltimore city police commissioner signed the partnership July 23 that aims to recruit and hire members of the military to join the police department.


BALTIMORE, Md. - The Baltimore City Police Department joined more than 30 law enforcement organizations across the country when it signed a partnership with the Employer Partnership Office July 23.

Maj. Gen. Adolph McQueen, of the military police command, said that the uniforms might be different but the discipline engrained in the members of the Baltimore City Police Department and the United States Army is indistinguishable has was their desire to serve.

"It's the entirely right thing to do to recruit young men and women who have dedicated their lives, not by virtue of a job or uniform, but dedicated their lives to service," Fred Bealefeld, Baltimore City Police Commissioner told reporters at the event.

The partnership makes official, a trend that already exists. In the class that graduated the Baltimore Police Academy today, 12 officers also serve in the military.

"It certainly is an opportunity for us to assist those who are serving our country to have a second career or another opportunity to serve as they've done their entire lives," says Debbie Owens, deputy Baltimore police commissioner.

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