Baltimore County Police Department

If Maryland motorists demonstrate too little respect for school bus safety, then drivers in Baltimore County are practically off the charts. Unfortunately, there's not much sign of that worrisome attitude changing any time soon. That's because the Baltimore County Police Department has decided not to take advantage of a new law allowing jurisdictions to install cameras on school buses in order to ticket vehicles that illegally pass stop buses. According to his spokeswoman, Chief James W. Johnson believes it's a matter best left to precinct-level enforcement.

The young man in the dark jacket and gray baseball cap worn backward seems to have had a good day shopping at Best Buy in Owings Mills, judging by the size of the blue bag he's carrying as he steps out of the store, glancing quickly to his left in the direction of the surveillance camera. You can see him online now — or anytime — and the Baltimore County Police Department hopes you'll know something about him. The image of the person who police believe was involved in a car break-in and credit card theft last month is part of a high-tech citizen "iWatch" program unveiled Thursday by the police.

A week ago, the Baltimore County Police Department's chief spokesman said that the officer who accepted an autograph from Ravens star running back Ray Rice during a traffic stop had done nothing wrong. Baltimore County Police Chief James W. Johnson called The Baltimore Sun on Thursday to say he's not so sure. The chief agrees that the officer did not forgive a ticket in exchange for the signature. But he's contemplating whether the officer was right to accept the gift, and he said he doesn't necessarily agree with the spokesman's statement that the autograph was not "a gift of monetary value.

Three people accused of raping a 12-year-old girl Saturday at the Skateworks roller rink in Woodlawn took turns holding her down and assaulting her in a storage room, a police report of the incident says. Baltimore County officials, who were on the verge of closing the troubled rink months ago because of frequent disturbances there, deferred questions to the police department. "We're concerned about this situation, and we're sure that this matter will be monitored and reviewed," said Lt. Robert McCullough, a Baltimore County Police Department spokesman.

Baltimore County police are asking for the public's help in finding a 23-year-old woman who has been missing since last week. Jerryell Myesha Foster has not been seen since she left her home on Hazy Morn Court in Timonium at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Relatives told police that Foster did not attend a family Thanksgiving dinner and they are concerned about her. They said it was out of character for Foster to miss a holiday with family members and to not be in touch with them. Foster was described as black, 5 feet, 2 inches tall and weighing about 125 pounds.

Salary: $79,000 Age: 45 Years on the job: 8 How he got started: From high school, Colt Bracken went into his family's plumbing and heating business. After his father died, he decided to make a change and took entrance exams to become a Baltimore County police officer. He was accepted into the police academy and graduated in 1993. He's always worked out of the Towson Precinct, first as a patrolman and since a promotion in 2001 as a detective.