Capitol Heights Police Department

The Capitol Heighs Police Department supports all of our LGBTQ citizens. We are watching this weeks Supreme Court rulings closely!

Capitol Heights Police Officer arrests 2 for prostitution.

A Capitol Heights Police Officer who was conducting routine patrol in the area of Bayou Avenue, between Central Avenue and Capitol Heights Boulevard observed Terry Scott (48) and Shirletta Denise Lewis (53) both of Washington DC partaking in oral s*x inside of Scott's vehicle.

The officer contacted both Scott and Lewis who admitted to partaking in the oral s*x for money but a price had not yet been agreed upon. Both Scott and Lewis were cited in lieu of arrested and advised to leave the area.

Capitol Heights Police have received numerous complaints of prostitution in this area but until now have never located an actualy perpatraitors. If you observe any suspicious activity in the area you reside you should always contact the police and report the activity. See something! Say something!

The Capitol Heights Police Department will be conducting the Click It OR TICKET campaign tomorrow from 8 pm to 2 am. Buckle Up, the life you save may be your own!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at approximately 8 pm. Capitol Heights Police Officers arrested 18 year old Tyrone Strickland of the Town of Capitol Heights for possession of a firearm on the grounds of the Capitol Heights Elementary School.

Capitol Heights Police Officers responded to a call of a male subject pulling a gun from his waistband and waiving it around in the air. The officers were advised the suspect was wearing a red shirt and had long dreadlocks. Officer arrived to find Strickland walking away from a playground on the school grounds. Strickland was also removing his red shirt as he walked away. Officers later found a Smith and Wesson 357 Magnum revolver next to a slide on the playground where Strickland was walking away from.

Strickland later admitted to possessing the handgun and was arrested and booked into the Upper Marlboro Department of Corrections on 3 fi****ms charges. The firearm recovered by the Capitol Heights Police is 1 of over 25 recovered in less than a 1 year time frame.

MHSO/MVA Click it or Ticket Campaign 2012
May marks the beginning of the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration’s Highway Safety Office 2012 Click it or Ticket Campaign. Throughout the month of May and into early June, Maryland law enforcement officers will be aggressively enforcing Maryland’s adult seat belt law and child passenger safety laws. We are seeking your agency’s help in spreading the word on Facebook and Twitter about the importance of using seat belts.
The following are a few posts that can be easily pasted into your agency’s pages and Twitter feeds. We would be most appreciative if you would post at least one of these on your agency accounts this week or in the coming weeks.
Police are out in force in Maryland issuing tickets to unbelted drivers day and night. In 2010, more than 100,000 citations were issued to unbuckled motorists. Keep your money in your pocket while staying safe. Buckle up day and night.

Air bags are designed to work with seat belts, not replace them. In fact, if you don’t wear your seat belt, you could be thrown into a rapidly opening frontal air bag; a movement of such force could injure or even kill you. Find out more at http://1.usa.gov/HyKl14.

Younger motorists are particularly at risk when not wearing seat belts. NHTSA data shows that among teen and young adult passenger vehicle occupants in 2010, ages 18-34, who were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes, 62 percent were not buckled up at the time of the crash – the highest percentage of any age group. Find out more at http://bit.ly/IL2aNW.

Statistics show nighttime drivers are less likely to buckle up compared to daytime drivers. Nationally, more than 10,000 passenger vehicle occupants were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes at night (6 p.m. to 5:59 a.m.) in 2010. Of those killed in nighttime crashes, 61 percent were not wearing seat belts. Find our more at http://bit.ly/JZxXJw.

Consistent safety belt use is the single most effective way to protect people from being ejected from a vehicle or being thrown around violently inside it during a crash. Find out more at http://bit.ly/JfoP1R.

Drivers and passengers who are hurt or killed in traffic crashes because they didn't buckle up create tremendous economic losses, such as medical expenses and lost worker productivity. The rest of society pays for nearly 75 percent of these economic losses through higher insurance premiums, taxes, and other public funding.

More than 80 percent of all crashes occur at speeds less than 40 mph. Deaths involving non-belted occupants of cars have been recorded at as low as 12 mph. That’s about the speed you’d be driving in a parking lot. Find out more at http://bit.ly/JsDLeB.

Three out of four crashes causing death occur within 25 miles of home. Belt up before driving to your local shopping center – just as you would for a long trip. Find out more at http://bit.ly/JsDLeB.

Your chances of being killed are almost 25 times greater if you’re thrown from the car. The forces in a collision can be enough to throw you as much as 150 feet – about 15 car lengths. Find out more at http://bit.ly/JsDLeB.

Safety belts keep you from crashing through the windshield, being thrown out the door and tossed through the air, scraping along the ground, or being crushed by your own car. In any collision, you’re better off being held inside the car by safety belts. Find out more at http://bit.ly/JsDLeB.

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH TRAINING

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Capitol Heights Elementary School
601 Suffolk Avenue
Capitol Heights, MD 20743

Learn how to identified suspicious and illegal activities
Learn how to call the Police
Learn how to give a good descriptions
Learn Safety and Crime Prevention Tips
Learn About Operation I.D.

For more information and to pre-register, please call or email us:

Email: [email protected]

Capitol Heights Police Department
301-420-2444
240-460-9335

Help us help you if your ever a victim of a burglary or theft. Put Operation ID to work in your home or business!

OPERATION IDENTIFICATION