Cambridge From the Couch: We’re All Crimefighters
Let’s get this over with now: Cambridge has a higher crime rate than the national average and higher than many towns its size in Maryland. Most crime-data sites give us a D or F safety grade, and several place our hometown among the less safe small cities in the state. So the statistics are genuinely […]
Cambridge Citizens Academy: Week 2
Cinco de Mayo shared its day with the second session of the City of Cambridge Citizens Academy, a four-week initiative that is having its trial run. This session, which took place at the Edward E. Watkins Safety Complex, was entitled “Public Safety & Public Works: Protecting Lives and Maintaining Infrastructure.” The focus was on how […]
April 2026 Q & A with Chief Todd
The Cambridge Spy’s P. Ryan Anthony and Radio Chesapeake’s Jim Brady recently chatted with Cambridge Police Chief Justin Todd about crime trends in the city, what average citizens can do about it, police drone activity, CPD’s staffing problems, and the fallout from a local immigrant work crew’s arrest by ICE. That and more can be […]