Police In Baltimore County Help With Inauguration

WASHINGTON, DC — Officers from the Baltimore County Police Department helped with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

"This inauguration was very different for obvious reasons," Officer Jen Peach, spokesperson for the Baltimore County Police Department, told Patch Thursday.

In the aftermath of the Jan. 6 attacks at the Capitol that killed five, the Secret Service ramped up security efforts.

More than 25,000 troops and police were called to duty, the Associated Press reported.

"Our officers were deployed along the parade route," Joy Stewart, director of public information for the Baltimore County Police Department, said in a statement to Patch. Their role, she said, was "to support the safety and security of the Presidential Inauguration."

Peach said the officers were also there in a supportive role, so that, "if anything were to happen — if riots began and if businesses needed to be protected or something ... they would use us."

It is not the only time that officers from the Baltimore metro area worked with their counterparts from the D.C. area. Peach said special response teams train together from around the region for significant events where extra perimeters are needed.

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