I think, though, that he knew the “rules” being a former cop, and Baltimore County is a lot bigger than the jurisdiction covering the wife’s and lady friend’s abodes. He kept switching cars and they were never able to issue an amber alert because of his shenanigans, for example.
I feel sorry for this police chief just because he had such a malicious ex-cop to deal with. I know that some jurisdictions have a rule that your pension gets cancelled if you are convicted of a notorious crime, and it honestly wouldn’t surprise me if the ex-cop would take that step to keep his wife from collecting his pension. I hope the people examining this case take that into account.
The PA border counties are plagued by situations like this, though seldom so extreme, because Maryland allows our-of-state residency for their LEO’s but in Pennsylvania holding a valid PA driver’s license (ensuring residency) is a requirement for hiring and certification.