CONGRATULATIONS! FIVE MEMBERS OF OCPD RETIRE AFTER ALMOST 200 YEARS OF COMBINED SERVICE TO TOWN OF OCEAN CITY!

Five members of the Ocean City Police Department were recently recognized for their numerous years of service to the residents, visitors and Town of Ocean City.  Pictured below with Chief Bernadette DiPino are the recent retirees.  Congratulations to Captain Victor Bunting (37 years of service), Lieutenant Robert Noll (34 years of service), Police Officer First Class Brasure Lynch (29 years of service), Police Officer Hugh Bean (28 years of service) and Police Officer First Class Barry Neeb (30 years of service), . 


Captain Victor Bunting retires after more than 37 years with OCPD

Ocean City Police Captain Victor Bunting has retired after a career spanning over 37 years with the department. Captain Bunting has been an instrumental part of the development of the OCPD. He is one of the longest serving members of OCPD.

He supervised or commanded every division and unit within the OCPD, including the patrol division, criminal investigation division, special operation division, administrative division and services division. He was instrumental in establishing various specialized enforcement units and programs including mounted patrol, noise enforcement and the transit unit.

Captain Bunting provided key leadership and guidance during the department’s initial transition from paper reporting to computerized records management and computer automated dispatching. He successfully established a comprehensive police employee evaluation system. Captain Bunting spearheaded the computerized parking ticket program and provided OCPD with its first ever “Com Stat Model.”

Prior to joining the police department in 1974, the lifelong resident of the Ocean City community served the nation for four years including service tours in Vietnam.

Captain Bunting attended the Emergency Management Institute, Institute of Police Technology Management’s Policed Executive Development and Com Stat Development courses. He is a graduate of the University of Kentucky Southern Police Institute.

During the course of his career, Captain Bunting received numerous commendations and awards including being named “Police Officer of the Year” in 1985. He holds memberships in the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the Maryland Chiefs of Police Association.

Captain Bunting and his wife, Barbara, have been married for over 40 years and have two children, Victor Jr. and Lesley.

Lt. Robert Noll retires after more than 34 years service

Ocean City Police Lt. Robert Noll has retired after more than 34 years of service with the Ocean City Police Department. Noll joined the police force in January 1977.

Prior to joining the department full time, Noll was a seasonal officer during the summers of 1974 and 1975. After joining the police department full time, he was promoted to acting corporal in 1980, then sergeant in 1981 and acting lieutenant in 2003. Noll was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 2004.

During his career with the police department he served as a radar instructor and emergency vehicle operator driving instructor.

He was educated at Wilson High School and St. John’s Military Academy.

Barry Neeb retires after 30 years with OCPD

Ocean City Police Officer First Class Barry Neeb has retired after serving 30 years with the Ocean City Police Department. Neeb joined the department full time in 1981.

Neeb is a two-time recipient of the Governor’s Award – Excellence in Crime Prevention and was recognized as Police Officer of the Year in 1988. In recent years he has worked in Training and Recruiting for the Ocean City Police Department.

Neeb holds a bachelors degree from Mercyhurst College. He was class valedictorian in 1981 at the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy. He served as a seasonal officer with the Ocean City Police Department in 1980 and prior to joining the department full time, he served as a police officer with the Berlin Police Department.

“It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the visitors and citizens of Ocean City alongside the finest men and women in law enforcement,” said Neeb. “Thank you for this life changing experience.”

Neeb plans to travel and work part time with the Ocean City Police Department.

Officer Brasure Lynch retires after over 29 years of service

Ocean City Police Officer First Class Brasure Lynch has retired after 29 ½ years of service with the Ocean City Police Department. Lynch joined the department in January 1982.

Lynch served in the department’s patrol division for 14 ½ years. During his career with OCPD he also served six years in the criminal investigation division, five years in the service division and four years in the narcotics investigation division. He was also assigned to the Worcester County Narcotics Task Force.

Lynch received three special commendation awards over the course of his OCPD career, along with five excellent performance awards and four unit citations. He was an acting sergeant during summer deployment for eight years.

His special training has included DEA/Narcotics, Francis Glazer Homicide Investigation Training and breath test operator training. He is a member of the Harvard Association of Police Science.

Lynch plans to continue as a part-time police officer, along with spending time with his wife, Dyann, traveling, golfing, and “going to the slots and hitting the big one.”

“It’s been a pleasure working over 29 ½ years with everyone I’ve come in contact with,” Lynch said. “Thank you very much.”

Officer Charles Bean retires after over 28 years of service

Ocean City Police Officer First Class Charles “Hugh” Bean has retired after more than 28 years of service with the Ocean City Police Department. Bean joined the police department in May 1983.

During his career with OCPD, Bean served in the patrol division, training division and traffic patrol division. He completed special training in traffic enforcement, collision reconstruction, pedestrian crash and motorcycle reconstruction and biomechanics. Bean is the only ACTAR accredited reconstructionist on the Eastern Shore.

Bean handled numerous traffic homicide cases over the years in Ocean City, Worcester County and other states. He has instructed classes in advanced crash investigation and reconstruction as well as motorcycle and pedestrian crash reconstruction courses in Maryland and West Virginia. He took part in the Siffrit murder case.

Bean is a graduate of Marshall University and has a pending Master’s degree from Wilmington College.

Prior to joining OCPD, Bean worked as a camp counselor at Camp Shaw Mi Del Eca in Lewisburg, WV, and he was a member of the ski patrol at Canaan Valley Ski Resort and Snowshoe Ski Resort.

Bean’s future plans include returning to work part time, traveling with family, hunting and working on his farm in West Virginia.

“I would like to thank Chief Massey for taking a chance on me in ’83,” Bean said. “I would like to thank Chuck Gordy who taught me how to look after your personnel. Lt. Bill Galten for getting me involved in crash investigation in 1983, and last, but not least, I would like to thank Sgt. Dale Marshall who taught me true loyalty, and what it means to take care of your people no matter what. He was not always understood, but he is a fine gentleman of high moral character. There are too many others to name and I’m sorry if I missed anyone.”