Editing Carroll County, Maryland (section)

===Law enforcement===
Law enforcement services for the county are provided by the [[Carroll County Sheriff's Office (Maryland)|Carroll County Sheriff's Office]], [[Maryland State Police]], as well as several municipalities having their own police forces. In addition to providing police services, the Sheriff's Office also acts as an agent of the courts: serving warrants, enforcing child support laws, ensuring courthouse security, transporting prisoners, etc. On October 4, 2007, the County Commissioners voted to create a police department for the county. The police department would handle primary law enforcement duties while the Sheriff's office would continue to act under the arm of the courts. This move would give the Commissioners power to appoint or fire the chief of police instead of having a popularly elected Sheriff being in charge of all law enforcement. This move falls in line with Maryland's more populated counties who have such a dual system of law enforcement (Montgomery, Anne Arundel, Prince George's, Howard and Baltimore Counties), as Carroll County has begun to have a population increase. Municipal departments, such as Westminster Police, would be unaffected by the change.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-10-10-0710100220-story.html|title=Improved pensions OK'd for Carroll sheriff's deputies|last=McCandlish|first=Laura|website=baltimoresun.com|language=en-US|access-date=February 7, 2019|archive-date=February 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124102/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2007-10-10-0710100220-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>