Consent Decree

“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.”

We’ll go On the Record with two reporters to look at Baltimore agencies’ appraisal of how they handled the Brooklyn Day mass shooting. Why didn’t police intervene before the crowd grew to nearly a thousand people? What do residents make of the city’s response?

Jemell Rayam, a former Baltimore cop caught up in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison Tuesday.He was the last of…

Baltimore City Council committee got a look Thursday at the audit that found the police department has little, if any, way to track or control overtime…

The monitors charged with reforming the Baltimore City Police Department have officially released a draft of their one-year monitoring plan.The plan comes…

Over the next few weeks, the Baltimore City Police Department consent decree monitor is hosting community engagement forums to develop a monitoring plan.…

Elizabeth Wexler stands at a chalkboard at the Baltimore City Police Training Academy while 50 cadets look on. She draws a large "T" and asks the class to…

Earlier this year, Baltimore entered into a consent decree with the Department of Justice to reform the city police department. As part of the agreement,…

Morning Edition host, Nathan Sterner, talks with City Hall Reporter, Dominique Maria Bonessi, about the competition between 26 law firms vying to be the…

With the Baltimore City Police Department under a consent decree to overhaul its operations, Police Commissioner, Kevin Davis, and Mayor Catherine Pugh…