When you get stopped or have a not so good experience with a deputy or trooper you don't want anymore of them. But when you really need help you love them. Right now Law Enforcement personnel levels in St. Mary's County are dangerously low. If action is not taken soon to increase the number of deputies then the county will be paying out big dollars in law suits due to liability. The current manning is insufficient to keep up with the ever growing amount of calls for service. The commissioners need to wake up and support local law enforcenment. 5 new deputies would not even dent the need. A minimum of 15-20 is needed immediately. Support your deputies because good or bad, like them or not when you need them they will always come to render assistance.