Police Decide Against Adding Officers at Eastport Polling Place
The Annapolis Police Department has determined that it will not need extra patrols at the Eastport Community Center on Election Day.
The Annapolis Police Department will not be sending extra officers or patrol cars to an Eastport polling place on Election Day, despite some residents' concerns about violence in the area. "We plan on doing what we usually do," said Detective Amy Miguez, a police spokeswoman. "We pay special attention to all the polling places throughout the day, but we don't have any plans to focus on any place in particular." On Sept. 9, two men were shot near the Eastport Community Center. In June, Orlando Sherman McDaniel, 29, of Annapolis died as a result of gunshots wounds he suffered near the 1100 block of Madison Street, which is nearby. No arrests have been made in either case. The center is nestled between two of the city's Housing Authority …
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5:33 pm on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Some Annapolitains argue there is no history of violence on election day at Harbor House. I was in NY on September 11th. As as I was looking up at the Memorial Lights, I thought about how there was also never a history of planes flying into buildings, but look at the disaster... All we can do is educate ourselves based on past history and try to look out for our safety... 12 of the other 13 … more ›