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The summer 2009 edition of Delmarva Quarterly, <\/em>an excellent regional magazine,\u00a0contain\"delmarva-quarterly404\"s an article I\u00a0wrote on Jesse Carmine, a\u00a0police officer in Crisfield for almost half-a-century.\u00a0 I’d first met the 82-year-old Mr. Carmine about five years ago when I stopped\u00a0by city hall to find someone to talk to about\u00a0law enforcement in the small town.\u00a0\u00a0The clerk at city hall asked if I’d like to talk with the gentleman.\u00a0 He’d started in police work on December 25, 1953.\u00a0 Of course, I would and as we talked for hours he was so very helpful.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Over the years I’ve discovered that someone who has worked the streets and back alleys of a small town night and day for decades,\u00a0will know that place better than anyone else.\u00a0 Mr. Carmine was an excellent source and I enjoyed our conversation thoroughly.\u00a0 Last winter Chief Carmine passed away, but I had been fortunate to get to know him and I shared my experience in exploring a small town through the eyes of a public servent for about half-a-century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The summer 2009 edition of Delmarva Quarterly, an excellent regional magazine,\u00a0contains an article I\u00a0wrote on Jesse Carmine, a\u00a0police officer in Crisfield for almost half-a-century.\u00a0 I’d first met the 82-year-old Mr. Carmine about five years ago when I stopped\u00a0by city hall to find someone to talk to about\u00a0law enforcement in the small town.\u00a0\u00a0The clerk at city…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nDelmarva Quarterly: "Walking the Beat, Walking an Era" - Mike's History Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I use this blog as a place to share my experiences while practicing the history craft. 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