EASTON — Over 150 members of the Talbot County community, clad in purple and red, gathered on the Talbot County Courthouse lawn Thursday evening to celebrate those who make Talbot
carry out our events and how we will deal with our communities in general. we have trained. this is what we train for. we are trained to be able to support the police department. we are trained to be able to support the government at the time of need. so rest assured that we will use the appropriate precautions and the appropriate steps to keep you and our citizens safe. i thank you. thank you, general. before i turn the floor over to clay stamp, who is the director of the maryland emergency management agency i just want to thank lieutenant governor boyd rutherford for his leadership. as i was heading up the office, the new governor s office in baltimore city he was here at mena all day working with director stamp and managing this operation. and we re working together as a team. so thank you, boyd for your efforts as well.
we have got our entire team here. i m going to turn the podium over here for a moment to colonel william palazzi, the superintendent of our state police and then we will hear from general linda sing and who is the general of the maryland national guard, and also clay stamp, the director of the maryland emergency management agency where we are here tonight. so i m going to start now with colonel palazzi of the state police and we ll be happy to take your questions after everybody has spoken. thank you. good evening. as the governor said i m colonel william palazzi, superintendent of the state police. and the governor s actions today are huge. we have been here along with many of our ally law enforcement, over 500 strong since wednesday working with the city of baltimore in various capacities helping to maintain as much order as possible. as you have seen many groups continue to splinter and move around the city of baltimore,