St. Michaels Police Log 810 Service Calls and No Arrests in October; Chief to Speak at Library Nov. 17

ST. MICHAELS, MARYLAND — St. Michaels police handled 810 service calls in October and made no arrests, according to the department's monthly police blotter, posted on the town website.

The October log also lists 693 patrol checks, 92 foot patrols and a traffic count of 18. The service-call total and each of those counts are lower than the department reported for September, when its blotter listed 1,058 service calls, 802 patrol checks, 96 foot patrols, a traffic count of 44 and two arrests.

Residents who want to hear from the department directly can do so this month. Chief Jeffrey Oswald will talk about community trends and offer safety reminders for St. Michaels residents at the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library, 106 Fremont St., on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 1 to 2 p.m., according to the library's event listing. A light lunch will be provided. Registration is required and closes at 9 a.m. that day; residents can sign up through the library's online calendar or by calling the branch at 410-745-5877.

The talk is part of Community Works, which the library describes as a free lecture series on local government, featuring professionals who discuss services, partnerships and programs.

Many October entries in the log are routine work: morning and afternoon school patrols and crossing assignments, alarm calls, parking and noise complaints, welfare checks and found property returned to owners. Officers also responded to two hit-and-run reports on Talbot Street, on Oct. 6 and Oct. 8, and to crashes on Route 33 at Yacht Club Road on Oct. 8 and at Deep Water Point on Oct. 28, the second involving a commercial vehicle.

Several calls show the town officers working with neighboring agencies. On Oct. 2, St. Michaels officers went to Rio Vista to assist the county Sheriff's Office with a reported burglary, and on Oct. 28 they helped Easton police try to locate someone on New Lane. On Oct. 8, a traffic complaint about Seymour Avenue that fell outside the department's jurisdiction was referred to the Sheriff's Office.

On Oct. 28, officers took a report of a felony domestic assault at the station. The blotter does not name anyone involved, and its October total lists no arrests.

In a message at the top of the blotter, Oswald wrote that October was a busy month, with officers working the Oct. 17 pumpkin and face-painting afternoon at the St. Michaels Community Center during Fall into St. Michaels, the Running Drawbridge race and the town's Halloween trick-or-treat night. He wrote that the department's Shop with a Cop outreach comes next, followed by a Community Holiday event in front of the station on Dec. 3 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.