The Maryland Department of General Services Police (DGS Police or DGSP) is responsible for protecting life and property at Maryland's Annapolis and Baltimore

Baltimore

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 state office centers. All DGS Police Officers are fully certified and have full arrest authority.

Organization

The DGS Police is divided into two detachments:

• Annapolis Detachment: responsible for police services to 19 state-run buildings (including, but not limited to: the state house, the revenue building, the two senate buildings). The Annapolis Detachment also coordinates law enforcement operations and traffic control with the Annapolis Police Department
  Annapolis Police Department
  The Annapolis Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency servicing a population of over 36,000 residents in of the municipality of Annapolis, Maryland.- Address :Annapolis Police Department199 Taylor AvenueAnnapolis, MD 21401...
  
   and the Maryland State Police
  Maryland State Police
  The Maryland State Police is the official state police force of the state of Maryland. The Maryland State Police is headquartered at 1201 Reisterstown Road in the Pikesville CDP in unincorporated Baltimore County.-Organizational structure:...
  
   during political and other events.
• Baltimore Detachment: responsible for police services to 11 state-run buildings and has concurrent traffic enforcement jurisdiction with the Baltimore Police Department
  Baltimore Police Department
  The Baltimore Police Department provides police services to the city of Baltimore, Maryland and was officially established by the Maryland Legislature on March 16, 1853...
  
  .

Politics

The DGSP is currently in a political state of flux. The DGSP has no set guidelines for emergency situations and has jurisdictional issues with other police agencies during such events. The staff and officers of the DGSP are supportive of moving to a more traditional police role. Other government entities feel it would be more appropriate to contract the security to a private firm or have the DGSP absorbed into another police agency. There is currently a commission determining the fate of the agency.

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Maryland

External links

• DGS Police weblink
• Maryland Department of General Services homepage