EASTON, MARYLAND — Talbot County Council unanimously approved a law enforcement services agreement covering the Town of Oxford at its June 30, 2026, meeting. The county’s official meeting highlights, posted July 2, 2026, say the parties are Talbot County, the Town of Oxford, and the Talbot County Sheriff’s Office.

What the agreement does. Under that record, the Sheriff’s Office provides law enforcement services inside Oxford beginning July 1, 2026. The town’s remaining police officer becomes a deputy with the Sheriff’s Office.

The highlights say the arrangement is meant to keep law enforcement services in place for Oxford residents. The Town of Oxford pays the costs tied to that officer’s employment. How to read it.

This is a services and cost agreement on the Council’s public record — not an arrest blotter and not a crime-wave claim. A charge is not a conviction, and Easton still runs its own police department. Oxford’s patrol clock, on this official write-up, now runs through the Sheriff’s Office under the town-funded deputy line.

The June 30 highlights list other public-safety related contracts the same night, including Department of Corrections medical and food-service renewals. Those are separate votes. This note sticks to the Oxford law-enforcement agreement.