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Baltimore school officials faced questions about police partnerships, training and data-tracking in a hearing on Wednesday.
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“The fact that this milestone is occurring at a time when the city is achieving a recent and historic reduction in violent crime… is a testament to the effectiveness of constitutional and community focused policing.”
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A court filing shows that the U.S. Department of Justice agrees that BPD is now fully compliant on two sections of its consent decree with the federal government.
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The results of the second community survey, mandated by the Baltimore Police Department’s federal court oversight, suggest that residents’ attitudes toward local law enforcement remain dismal, despite widespread reforms.
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Earlier this week police identified four people in video security footage who are their main persons of interest. Police believe any of those four people could have pulled a trigger.
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One message was clear among dozens of the residents who braved the Monday night rain to meet Worley at a church in Park Heights: Baltimore needs a police force invested in its communities.
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Heather Warnken of UBalt Law's Center for Criminal Justice Reform and Ray Kelly of the Citizen Policing Project think imposing longer sentences for gun violence offenders is the wrong approach to the city's endemic gun-crime problem.
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Baltimore Banner investigative reporter Justin Fenton talks about his book, “We Own This City." It dissects the web of corruption by police officers on the Gun Trace Task Force, and how their brazen crimes went unchecked for years. A limited series of the same name premieres on HBO on April 25, 2022.
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The governor announced $150 million for police statewide, including $50 million to boost pay.
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A package of eight bills that aim to reform policing were considered for the first time by the full Maryland Senate Friday. Included in the package are…