Two members of Carroll County's Unified Law Enforcement Work Group, an advisory group recently created by the Board of Commissioners, have announced their departure from the group.

Meanwhile, a new member of the panel has been added.

State Police Lt. Andrew Winner, commander of the Westminster barrack, and Bowie Police Chief Katherine Perez, of the recently created Bowie Police Department, have withdrawn from the group.

According to Cindy Parr, Carroll County's chief of administrative services and chair of the study group, Perez left because she felt she could be more useful at a later stage of the process, when the county actually begins creating a police force instead of laying the advanced groundwork.

Winner said he needed to devote more time to his duties of heading the Westminster barrack, Parr said.

Perez and Winner said they will continue to assist the group with information and advice on specific issues if needed, Parr said.

The new member is Maj. Scott Yinger, Maryland State Police assistant bureau chief of field operations and former commander of the Westminster barrack.

Parr said the change will not affect the group's direction or objective.

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