The people of Dover would have a collective aneurism if any rail came through. Let alone the orange line.

Rock Creek Park. Not to mention all the other wonderful green space. It’s a walkable city with decent transit, diverse population and some really amazing people. There’s no other city I’d rather live in.

Done.

I have not seen any MPD officers accept cash bribes. This was not clear from context, apologies. I do know that some traffic guys used to run a bit of an extortion racket, of which a family member was a victim, but that was 15 years ago. The post body-cam world has changed things for the better.

Former cop (Boston area). Worked for MCPD as a dispatcher while going through flight school. MCPD is a solid place to work but you’ll find a lot of terrible attitudes. County govt doesn’t really support MCPD like they should. They’ve really been struggling to hire, might be to your advantage. Take home cruiser is a nice perk. Lots of specialized units if you don’t want to work patrol. Plenty of quiet areas and bullshit calls if you want to be a lazier cop. (Won’t be like that if you work in 3D or 4D; i.e. Wheaton/Silver Spring).

MPD is a more interesting place to work. You will likely be worked harder, deal with more mental illness and the bar scene. Might be less gang activity in DC, PG and Montgomery have more of it. You are going to be dealing with a lot of interagency operations. USSS, WMATA, DHS, FBI, DOJ, NPS and USCP. Great jumping off point if you want to move into the feds, and you’ll meet feds. Meeting feds is how you’ll get a fed job (unless you’re a veteran, then it doesn’t matter so much). MPD is desperate for good people. Don’t fall into the corruption, it’s there. I have seen cops get paid off in cash. It’s tempting, but don’t do it. Be an upstanding cop and MPD is a great place to work and launch your career.

Edit: I have not seen MPD officers take bribes per se. I have see other officers in other jurisdictions do so.