Off-Duty City Police Officer Arrested in Towson
The officer was acting belligerent and pointed his gun at two men.
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An off-duty Baltimore City Police officer was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment after pointing his departmentally-issued handgun at people in Towson.
Matthew David Daugherty, 28, was arrested around 2:15 a.m. Saturday morning and later released on $75,000 bail.
Baltimore County Police responded to the Rec Room at 512 York Road in Towson at 2:15 a.m., where an employee told them an intoxicated off-duty city officer was acting belligerent and saying he had a gun. The employee took car keys from the man as the bar was closing because he appeared too intoxicated to drive, according to a police press release.
The man left the bar through back door before officers arrived, and he was located outside in a parking lot at Delaware and Pennsylvania avenues. Two males told police the suspect had pointed a gun at them. Officers identified the man as an off-duty Baltimore City Police officer and found his departmentally-issued Glock-22 handgun on him in a holster, the release said.
Daughtery was immediately suspended from Baltimore City Police when they were notified about the incident. In addition to the criminal charges, he will face internal disciplinary actions, according to a Baltimore City Police press release.
“While there is no assumption of guilt, the allegations contained in the police report are reprehensible and we have zero tolerance for any activity which undermines the integrity of this agency or the public trust that we work so hard to earn,” the release said.
The report will be forwarded to the Baltimore County Liquor Board for review after the investigation is complete, per department policy, the release said.
moe green
5:11 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Locking up drunk police and dealers of 30 round clips.
Police work At it's finest.
If you want to see a bunch of drunk cops driving, go to an FOP bull roast.
Buzz Beeler
6:05 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
I believe that many of these officers suffer from PTSD and using alcohol is a coping mechanism. Dealing with the stress of the violent world of police work can be mentally disabling for many men and women.
There is evidence that 911 operators are also victims of PTSD. Any profession that deals with lifes ultimate stresses can be traumatic on those who face them on a daily basis.
This does not excuse the behavior of the officer and he will have to face the consequences. This issue does however reveal the underbelly of how (as in the military) this types of things happen.
Alcohol is the number legal substance that is considered to be self medicating.
Tim
8:40 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Wouldn't surprise me. This country's done far too much needless warmongering the past decade. War isn't just calculated in deaths and crippling injuries...
Steve
6:30 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
PTSD is a phony disease.
CP
2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
You are a gutless turd. Let me show you first hand what PTSD is.
Steve
6:48 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
He was drunk and stupid but why the $75,000 bail?
Steve
12:09 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
PTSD is phony. It's just a big excuse. If he was a soldier Patton would have slapped him.
JD1
8:33 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Seve Inguess you are a doctor now? Just what exactly qualifies you to make the statement that PTSD is a phony disease? As for the bail amount, seems fair since this is a crime involving a gun.
Balt Observer
9:17 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Forgot to switch screen names, eh "Stank"?
Balt Observer
9:39 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
No need to get touchy. It's not like it's some big secret anyway. LMAO
Balt Observer
10:15 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
LOL...run and delete your comments all you want "Stank", but you can't hide.
Bob
9:47 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
IMO too many are attributing bad behavior to something else, not in their control, thus the overuse of things like PTSD made me do it, so Seve Inguess is probably correct.
Buzz Beeler
10:03 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
What amazes me is the comment denying there is no such disorder. Seems the government begs to differ.
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/
There is a reason why people do the things they do and it's not always as simple as they just screwed up.
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/07/world/suicide-rates-are-rising-for-the-unpopular-harassed-police-force-inparis.html
Bob
10:07 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
I think Seve was just making a point that often it is used as an excuse by people who don't really have it.
Balt Observer
10:15 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Well, if you knew "Seve", you'd know that he was just being his usual obnoxious self.
Bob
10:23 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
but we don't need to be nasty to him do we?
Buzz Beeler
11:02 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Bob I never suggested he had anything. I merely suggested with that type of behavior there might be an underlying cause.
Police departments are very aware of theses types of issues and will hold debriefings after such events like mass shootings or even individual ones.
We see this taking place in our schools and such places where counseling is often offered to those involved.
Tim
11:38 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Nothing good ever happens in public after midnight.
Buzz Beeler
11:59 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Ain't that the truth!
Ella Phant
7:34 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Having contact with Baltimorons every day is reason enough to drink.
Tim
8:42 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Are you trapped here? No?
john
8:05 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Sounds like a loose cannon to me. He has no business being a police officer. He needs to be relieved of his duties, permanently. His lack of judgement is a real red flag! Perhaps he can find employment more fitting for himself, i.e., a bouncer??
Buck Harmon
8:27 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Many cops are dangerous as a result of mental disorders....label it what you need to..this guy just had a few too many for some reason..
Bob
8:31 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
but we can't say that in Maryland. It isn't PC!
Bart
8:36 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I've known quite a few cops in my life; the vast majority have their hearts and heads in the right place, but then there are those................
This poor guy has snapped, and can't be trusted not to do it again. Supposed he had pulled the trigger? It casts a pall over all police officers.
I just hope they treat him fairly, and not as an example.
FIFA_archived
9:04 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Interesting cocktail, you mix many parts alcohol with concealed carry Glock 22. Just a cousin of road rage I guess.
Buck Harmon
9:07 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Government issued Glock...I might add..
Bart
9:55 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Buck, get off it. ALL police guns are government issued. What is your ridiculous point THIS TIME?
Buck Harmon
10:06 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
The point is that the government has always, and always will issue weapons to human beings with potential mental disorders...weather brought on by legal alcohol issues or other causes unknown at the time of issue....all the more reason for citizens to be armed for personal protection...
Buck Harmon
10:07 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Time to wise up Bart...get with it..
Buzz Beeler
9:30 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Anyone notice the look on is face. Although his BAC comes into play in the photo he looks like he is relieved that it is over.
He does not belong on the streets and did snap and hopefully he will find he reason and take care of it. Luckily in this case no one was hurt. Departmentally wise his career is over.
Alcohol is the most dangerous drug. You don't need a prescription to self medicate. Once you start, it's hard to stop if your on the edge.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/01/alcohol.harm/index.html
Buck Harmon
9:36 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
One can only wonder if his home was searched for privately owned weapons before the bail release.... just sayin..
Bart
9:57 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
As a citizen, unconvicted of a crime, he is allowed as many weapons as he wishes. He committed no crime in owning them. Isn't that the NRA's and the 2nd Amendment supporters' wish? The more the merrier!
Buck Harmon
10:01 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
What's your point Bart..?..I made mine....
Bart
10:06 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
That is my point. It's the shooter, not the gun. Or so they say.
Jamin geoghegan
10:29 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
He's lucky the arresting officer didn't kick the heck out of him like they usually do to folks with guns.
Buzz Beeler
10:45 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Jamin, for the most part those days are long gone. It does happen, but most cops aren't willing to risk their careers with a police brutality situation. After all they are looking right into the face of what could be them someday, or as they say looking into a mirror.
Rob Ina
11:09 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
This guy clearly has a problem with alcohol. He could kill with a gun, a car or his fist. He may or may not have underlying causes but it's not possible to know till he stops drinking. This is not about the 2nd Amendment.
Buck Harmon
11:21 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
He may very well be self treating other issues with alcohol, my point is that gun control can't possibly prevent these things from happening....cops can easily be as dangerous , or even more so than any other human being...the hypocrisy of perceived gun control law at it's finest..
FIFA_archived
11:24 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
disagree with you Rob, it is all about the 2nd amendment. There will always be drunks, mentality ill, drug kingpins, etc. And there will always be gun deaths as well, some more horrific than others. And there will always be guns. Just a Molotov cocktail waiting to happen.
Buzz Beeler
11:19 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
I used to believe in strict gun control but with so many out there, like a wise friend said to me - if you take away the guns the only ones that will have them will be the bad guys, because to them, laws don't count.
There is a lot that goes on prior to pulling the trigger. Like a time bomb we must get to the fuse before the explosion.
Buck Harmon
11:28 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Gun control effect....same as 25 MPH speed limits....
Steve
12:13 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
He can put in his 30 days at Father Martin's and the Union will see that he still keeps his job. He didn't do anything worse than the head of the Baltimore County FOP did and he still kept his job.
Harry Callahan
1:22 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
When are we going to stop the senseless slaughter involving handguns? It's time for Chairman Omalleyvich and the People's Council of the Republic of Marylandistan to enact some common-sense gun control laws with teeth in them. I suggest that the following law be enacted. No police officer in any jurisdiction should be allowed to carry their duty firearm while out of uniform and off duty. In fact, we need to restirict access to firearms to all law-enforcement personnel unless they are in the process of battling with an armed assailant. All they need to to is carry cell phones. Then, if they confrant an armed individual, they can make a call to 911 (just like the rest of the unarmed sheeple of the Republic of Marylandistan) and an armed officer can respond from their precinct to support the individual in the field. This would make incidents like the one detailed in this story vanish. Why should the police be treated any differently than the rest of us?
FIFA_archived
1:25 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
To answer your very first question, I only have a one word answer.
Never.
Steve
1:43 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
LOL This will probably set off another Range War. I wouldn't want to be a drunken County cop in Fells Point, Federal Hill or Canton right about now!
Edward V tindel
3:22 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
THIS KIND BEHAVIOR IS NOT POST TRAUMATIC,THERE DRUNKS PLAIN AND SIMPLE.BALTIMORE CITY DOESN'T NEED MORE POLICE THEY NEED A BETTER QUALITY OF POLICE.THANK GOD HE DIDN'T SHOOT ANYONE /www.facebook.com/disturbingfacts
Buck Harmon
3:45 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Very interesting link Edward...thanks..is there one for Baltimore County as well..?
Ed
2:59 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Gee Buck, I'm surprised you didn't ask for one for Carroll County, also :-)
Buck Harmon
7:52 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Carroll County doesn't have it's own police force Ed...Sheriffs office not the same..
Sean Tully
8:16 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
A lot of counties in Maryland don't have police forces. Why am I a paying for Maryland State Police to respond to calls in Queen Anne's, Carroll, and other counties?
Buck Harmon
8:32 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Carroll would welcome you with open arms Sean..
Buzz Beeler
5:45 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Edward alcoholism is a disease. This link from one of the most respect hospitals in the world might take issue with your assessment.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alcoholism/DS00340
Did you not read my earlier links about the stresses of police work and the suicide rate.
Here is another link that may be helpful. You statement of "there are drunks plain and simple.", is not based on any scientific research or evidence but rather on Marshall Dillon's logic.
http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/the-10-most-dangerous-jobs-in-america/
I deal in facts not myths, although I do agree on your comment the city needs better and more qualified officers but that comes through the process of acceptable standards which have been lowered as a lot of things in this nation have.
Bob
6:00 pm on Sunday, January 20, 2013
Hi Buzz, alcoholism may be a disease, but not uncurable. He may just have gotten drunk, who knows if he is an "alcoholic" or not. I may understand it but he does not have my sympathy, sorry, Nor should he get special treatment because he CHOSE to drink. I reserve the sympathy and special treatment for people with cancer or amputees, accident victims, or some incurable illness.
M. Sullivan
1:59 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Maybe they should just put a wall around Baltimore City. Lately, it seems, an awful lot of bad seems to be seeping out of the City into the surrounding Counties. Even some of the city cops!
Buzz Beeler
9:04 am on Monday, January 21, 2013
Bob not suggesting he get any special treatment, just the kind he needs. He must be held accountable for his actions, one of the first steps towards treatment.
bystander
6:44 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Nobody wants to work in the cesspool of Baltimore city's ghettos, so it would only reason that these kinds of jokers would be the type to join the force and rise to the top. Toss his ass. He's too unstable for public use. Plenty of factory jobs out there where he can work away from the public. Drunk cops should not have guns either.
Lablover
8:04 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
bystander, where are all of these "Plenty of factory jobs out there" that you speak of?
bystander
1:13 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Why does somebody always have to take the conversation off subject and try to bring it around to their political agenda. The article is about this idiot cop drunkenly waving his gun at people. My comment was not submitted to bring up the amount of jobs available, or Obama's economic policy (that's obviously where you were going.) For you pleasure I will rephrase. "Drunk cops should should not have guns. This idiot is unfit for public service and should look for a factory job on an assembly line where he has little contact with the public". No offense meant toward factory workers. These workers have built our country.
Buzz Beeler
3:22 pm on Tuesday, January 22, 2013
bystander, you will learn that the topics can go off in a variety of issues. It happens on all similar types of media sites such as Patch. People don't always interpret the same message as you may have intended.
Don't worry about it. It happens all the time especially with a topic that draws numerous comments or with people supporting certain agendas.
qwert
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