OCEAN CITY — Among the biggest takeaways from the town’s latest motorized special event task force meeting last Friday was the need for private businesses to provide more security on their own properties.
The motorized special event task force reconvened last Friday for the first time in several months to begin planning for a series of sanctioned and unsanctioned special events in the coming months. While there was some discussion on the upcoming spring Cruisin event, the focus was largely on the unsanctioned pop-up car rally expected in September.
After a particularly troublesome motorized special event season a few years ago, Ocean City formed the task force to begin exploring strategies to address some of the lawlessness and abject bad behavior associated with some of the participants.
Out of those early sessions came the creation of a special event zone with increased penalties and other fines. Those early sessions also led to an increased police presence in town during certain special events in partnership with allied law enforcement agencies along with a stronger partnership between the town and its residents and business owners.
Yeah, I bet. Bigger crime, more grime, and bigger lack of control of the town. You people take the cake.
I’ll be there with my pellet gun shooting little car windshields, must’ve hit 50 last year
If I owned a business in OC I would be furious- so they say you are responsible for your own security? And then they throw you in jail for defending your life and property. Give me a break……….
Most big events are truly after the season of traditional vacationers (minus the 4th….which is on a Sunday thjs year)
Careful what you wish for Rickie…..