The Baltimore City Police Department is working to close an officer shortage gap. It welcomed its newest trainees at the police academy at 3500 W. Northern Parkway. “Most millennials today when applying for police officer positions apply to ten or more departments,” said Baltimore Police Commissioner, Michael Harrison. He said that’s why he is proud […]
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The Baltimore City Council will most likely nominate acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Monday night. Harrison was with the New Orleans Police Department for 28 years rising to Top cop before retiring and taking the job in Baltimore last month. If confirmed tonight, Harrison will receive $275,000 a year for the first year […]
Judge James K. Bredar ruled Friday for a consent decree allowing the overhauling of the Baltimore Police Department after a scathing 2016 Department of Justice report revealed officers operated with racial bias and used excessive force disproportionately on African Americans.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department late Monday asked a federal judge for more time to “review and assess” a proposed agreement to overhaul the Baltimore Police Department, saying it needed to determine how it might interfere with Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new focus on fighting violent crime. The request for a 90-day continuance came […]
Foxbaltimore.com reports that the Baltimore Police Department is the subject of another federal complaint, this one related to its use of a portable technology that mimics cell towers to locate suspects and their cell phones. On Tuesday, civil rights groups called on the Federal Communications Commission to intervene in the city’s operation of such devices, […]
Ayear after Freddie Gray‘s death while in police custody, the Justice Department released a scathing report proving the Baltimore Police Department purposely targets the city’s Black population. In the 163-page report released on Wednesday, investigators pinpointed just how the department violated the rights of the people its officers are sworn to protect. Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby […]
We opened the phone lines to get Baltimore's reaction and the first person who called in was a black Baltimore police officer...
Judge Barry Williams declared Officer Goodson not guilty of second-degree depraved murder on Thursday.
Goodson faces the most serious charges in the Freddie Gray trial, including second-degree “depraved-heart” murder, manslaughter, assault, misconduct in office, and reckless endangerment charges. He opted for a bench trial in early June.
