PRINCE FREDERICK, Md. — Eight complaints against Calvert County sheriff’s deputies were found to involve policy violations during the current reporting period, the highest number recorded since the county’s police accountability system began operating in 2022.
The findings cover Nov. 20, 2025, through Aug. 19, 2026, according to data presented during the Calvert County Police Accountability Board’s Aug. 26 meeting. The reporting year does not end until Nov. 19.
The eight findings are four times the two reported during the previous full year. The earlier high was six, recorded during both the initial partial reporting period from July to November 2022 and the first full year that followed. Four were reported during the year ending Nov. 19, 2024.
The increase occurred while the overall number of complaints remained relatively stable. The board reported 31 complaints through Aug. 19, compared with 32 during each of the previous two full reporting years.
Those complaints represented 0.04% of the Sheriff’s Office’s 84,883 calls for service during the current period. The rate was 0.03% during each of the previous two years.
The board’s summary showed that five cases resulted in administrative charges. In all five, the Administrative Charging Committee agreed with the Sheriff’s Office’s investigative findings.
An administrative charge is part of the police disciplinary process and does not necessarily represent the final discipline imposed on an officer.
Under Maryland law, the committee reviews completed law enforcement investigations, determines whether an officer should be administratively charged and recommends discipline under a statewide disciplinary matrix when charges are filed. The committee may also request additional information or further investigation before reaching a decision.
The Police Accountability Board receives public complaints and forwards them to the appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation. It also reviews the outcomes of disciplinary matters and works with county officials and law enforcement agencies on possible improvements to policing.
The new figures mark a change from the decline highlighted by the board in December, when policy-violation findings had fallen from six during the first full reporting year to two during the period ending in November 2025.
Sheriff Ricky Cox told the board that complaints remain a small portion of the agency’s overall activity but said each allegation receives attention.
“We take every complaint seriously,” Cox said.
The Sheriff’s Office currently has 175 law enforcement officers and five vacancies, according to figures presented at the meeting. Cox also reported that deputies handled 27,009 calls for service during the second quarter of 2026.
The presentation did not identify the deputies, incidents, policies or potential disciplinary actions involved in the eight findings.
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