Baltimore Police Department

“This bill repeals that exemption from the city charter, giving the council the power to implement much needed reforms within the BPD,” wrote Senator Jill Carter, a Democrat from Baltimore City, at the bill’s introduction.

Dixon’s main message is that she is going to get the city back on track, like how she says it was under her administration in the 2000s.

“The old way was broken” says Scott on crime and city services.

In the coming weeks, Baltimore City police will announce plans to enhance traffic patrol and increase traffic stops for violations, a department spokesperson confirmed.

Investigators still do not know who fired the fatal shots that night. None of the defendants are charged with murder outright.

Baltimore City spends half a billion dollars a year on policing. Does that spending translate to results? Journalist Brandon Soderberg examined three decades of spending and crunched the numbers. We talk about this, and his reporting on the history of zero-tolerance policing.

“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.”

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.

The video shows the man fire at least one shot at officers. When questioned about why so many shots were fired, Worley said, “We're taught to shoot to incapacitate."

“These cost-cutting measures employed by Hyundai and Kia at the expense of public safety are unacceptable,” Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. “They have left our residents vulnerable to crime and are significantly burdening our police resources.”