If the Maryland Port Administration (MPA) is practically a city, Director of Security David Espie is arguably the chief of police.
It is a reasonable analogy. The port operation is vast, overseeing six state-owned marine terminals comprising about 1,000 acres. They run 24/7 and an average weekday sees up to 4,000 entries and exits, with several billion dollars’ worth of cargo in play at any given time. There are tenants, vendors and contractors coming and going. The International Longshoremen Association alone supplies 1,600 personnel.