oghegan before Mayor Rick Mee-
han to get him officially sworn in pri-
or to the operation.
bring him in to get him sworn in by
the mayor," he said. "During the
brief swearing in, I told the mayor to
remember him because he will be
officer of the year someday in the
future after this operation. Tommy
was awarded the Bronze Star after
the Tipsy Taxi case."
was back on the street as a regular
patrol officer.
said. "As a manager, I was thinking
that moving from a high-profile un-
dercover case to a working sector
would be mundane, but Tommy lov-
ed being out on a bike and out on
the boards. He continued to work
hard, imparted his expertise and
time onto the new seasonal officers
and was just a great employee and
better guy."
vy and used his vast knowledge to
help the department in other ways.
Tommy's expertise in computer
work, he assisted the administration
of the department by lending his
expertise," said Pacini. "In one proj-
ect, we calculated that Tommy do-
nated about $10,000 worth of work
to the city. This project kept our nar-
cos safer and more efficient."
as a seasonal officer in the summer
of 2011 and was hired as a full-time
officer in 2012. He was currently as-
signed to the patrol division and al-
so worked on the evening south
shift.
matic and was liked by all who knew
him. He loved the beach and loved
being an Ocean City Police officer.
three deployments from last sum-
mer, through the winter and again
this summer.
"Many outside of police work don't
understand that working the Board-
walk as compared to other areas is
different. The Boardwalk is fast-pac-
ed. As a bike officer, it is even a fast-
er pace as you often roll up on
crimes in progress. Josh started to
make a name for himself working
street-level drug cases. He took a
keen interest in taking dopers off
our streets. It's clear to me that one
day he would have worked in the
narcotics unit."
as it was a very thorough investiga-
tion," he said. "Although a simple
possession of marijuana case, he
took the investigation a step further
and after finding THC in the sus-
pect's room, Josh kicked the inves-
tigation up a notch and moved to
the suspect's vehicle, which was a
distance away, and seized more
marijuana from the vehicle. Josh
was really coming into his own."
officer and spent his own time last
winter to attend a Pfc. Study Group
session.
interesting about Josh attending this
class was that he was not eligible to
be promoted," he said. "He took the
time to write sample questions,
actively participated in the eight
sessions and ultimately made him-
self a better officer and the depart-
ment a more professional operation.
I issued him a positive counseling
record for his dedication. He was a
good kid."
trict, Adickes was a bike officer. Pa-
cini said he quickly embraced his
role as a bike officer and always
went the extra mile.
pate and give extra to the unit. I
learned that he was coming in on
his own time to fix bikes and he was
real good with a wrench. We added
Josh to the bike unit maintenance
squad in the fall and he was
assigned special details to maintain
the bikes while the other guys on
the unit trained our new seasonal
officers during bike school."
Adickes was remembered this week
for his dedication and professional-
ism.
their superiors sometimes wane,
Josh made it a point at the begin-
ning of each shift to get face to face
with me, stop dead in his tracks and
render me a salute," said Pacini.
Sometimes, the vigor of his salute
would startle me. This, more than all
above, should make people under-
stand about Josh. He loved the job,
gave the extra and respected his
superiors. You could not ask for a
better officer."
news to his officers of the deaths of
Geoghegan and Adickes on Sun-
day.
young men," he said. "There was a
general knowledge that it was Tom-
my's plane, but I had inside informa-
tion on the way in from home that
Josh was also in the plane. The
young officers that I notified about
Josh took it very hard."