Department of Justice

Shortly after the Justice Department and Baltimore City officials announced they’d reached a legal contract to reform the city police department Thursday…

EDITOR'S NOTE: Read the full consent decree below.Baltimore City and federal officials announced Thursday an agreement that will force the Baltimore…

In case you missed it, the Baltimore City Police Department is a state agency. It has been that way since the 19th century and it might affect the city’s…

A report issued four years ago by the Baltimore police union expressed the same concerns about zero-tolerance enforcement and training issues as the…

The Maryland Legislative Black Caucus and the NAACP announced a new legislative agenda last week, following the release of a U.S. Department of Justice…

Fraser Smith and Andy Green, editorial page editor of the Baltimore Sun, take up former Mayor/Governor Martin O'Malley's defense of "broken windows"…

The Department of Justice’s 163 page report describes officers and sergeants acting as if they had a blank check to do whatever they wanted in the inner…

Editor's note: The full DOJ report is posted at the bottom of this story.Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday she was committed to…