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Jet-ski riders listen to instructions from Oceanside Watersports staff members before some summer fun on the water.
Chief, mayor endorse body cams for police
Dog park ready to raise woof
Buzzuro seeking to fulfill camera requirement before state law’s 2025 deadline
New facility now open, but owners need to get pass By Mallory Panuska Staff Writer (July 16, 2021) Removed from the hustle and bustle of Coastal Highway traffic, nearly 15,000 square feet of lush green grass and turf behind a shopping center on 94th Street now serves as a red carpet of sorts for excited, panting canines. The parcel on the edge of Little Salisbury Park started out modestly in 2008 with less than 10,000 square feet of space carved out within a stormwater retention area. Now, following an array of renovations over more than two years, the Ocean City Dog Playground — as it is affectionately called because it is not technically big enough to be considered a park — is officially reopened to the public and their fur babies.
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Three-year-old Luka Glaser enjoys the new dog playground on 94th Street on opening day.
“Sometimes you forget, we’re tucked behind a grocery store and you forget about this dog park being part of our See PASSES Page 4
By Greg Wehner Staff Writer (July 16, 2021) Nearly a month after being scrutinized for its handling of an incident on the Boardwalk, the Ocean City Police Department is considering equipping its officers with body cameras. The Boardwalk incident took place on June 12, when police approached a group of people who vaping on the Boardwalk – an offense that is not tick—Mayor Rick etable in Ocean City. According to the police report, officers told the group that vaping was not allowed on the Boardwalk, and both parties walked their separate ways. But then, some-
one in the group – later identified as Brian Everett Anderson, 19, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania – decided to start vaping again. As a result, police asked for Anderson’s identification, which he refused. After the refusal, police attempted to place Anderson under arrest. He resisted and was charged with disorderly conduct and several other violations. Videos that emerged from the scene, however, showed an officer ramming his knee into a man’s ribs on the ground. A separate vaping incident and arrest around the same time led to a man getting tased, and a video of that also made the rounds of Meehan social media. Those videos, however, do not show the whole incident, making it difficult for the public and officials to piece things together. See POLICE Page 3
‘Hopefully, it will be in place as soon as possible. We want to do it, but we want to do it right.’