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State bill requiring police commanders to live in city limits has Pugh’s,...
An officer on patrol. Photo by Elvert Barnes, via Flickr. Legislation sponsored by Sen. Cory McCray that would require all Baltimore Police Department officials ranking at captain and up to live in...
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Commissioner-Designate Harrison will have community meetings in every police...
Image via the New Orleans Police Department Baltimore Police Commissioner-Designate Michael S. Harrison will participate in nine community meetings–one in every police district–starting on Feb. 11,...
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Michael Harrison’s proposed $275K salary would be a big bump from his pay in...
Incoming Baltimore Police Commissioner and former New Orleans Police Chief Michael Harrison. Photo via NOPD/Twitter. With the approval of Baltimore’s spending board this Wednesday, as well as a...
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Maryland Senate unanimously approves bill requiring BPD to review districts...
Photo by Elvert Barnes, via Flickr Maryland’s Senate today voted unanimously to approve legislation requiring the Baltimore Police Department to review the boundaries of its nine districts, as well as...
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Police tout patrol schedule change in response to reported patrol vacancies,...
Acting Baltimore Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle (left) and Capt. Derek Loeffler. Still via livestream from Baltimore Police Department/Facebook. Responding to a report this week about the Baltimore...
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Councilman’s survey of BPD highlights problems with training, morale—though...
The top half of an infographic for Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer’s survey of Baltimore police officers. It was frustration that prompted Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer to try and take the...
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BPD unveils crime-reduction plan with focused patrol areas, 10-minute...
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, center, unveils two new crime-reduction plans. Image via Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young’s Twitter page. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison today rolled...
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Young fires back at Hogan’s comments over violent crime in Baltimore
In a press conference Wednesday, Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young discusses recent comments made by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan regarding violent crime in Baltimore. Image courtesy of Charm TV...
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Survey finds majority of Baltimoreans are dissatisfied with Baltimore Police...
Photo by Elvert Barnes, via Flickr A majority of Baltimoreans are dissatisfied with the Baltimore Police Department and do not trust the department’s officers, according to a recent survey from Morgan...
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BPD could move central district to former Baltimore Sun building by July,...
Before moving to Port Covington, the Baltimore Sun was headquartered at N. Calvert Street. That building will become the new home of the Baltimore Police Department’s central district. Image via...
View ArticleOne day after Fitzgerald withdraws, Pugh picks New Orleans police chief as...
Within 24 hours of Joel Fitzgerald’s decision to withdraw from the confirmation process to be Baltimore’s next police chief, Mayor Catherine Pugh has picked another finalist from her fraught search...
View ArticlePolice ID officer who fired at car following shooting near Gilmor Homes
The Baltimore Police Department has identified the officer who shot at a car outside the Gilmor Homes in West Baltimore on Saturday night. It was Sgt. David Colburn, now in his 11th year with the BPD,...
View ArticleCommissioner pick Joel Fitzgerald meets the media
Forth Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald, Mayor Catherine Pugh’s pick to head the Baltimore Police Department, pledged in a press conference today that, if confirmed by the City Council, he will work...
View ArticleDe Sousa pleads guilty to not paying federal taxes; violations date back two...
In a federal courtroom this morning, former Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Darryl De Sousa pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts related to not paying his federal taxes. De Sousa said...
View ArticleJoel Fitzgerald withdraws name from Baltimore police commissioner job
Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald has withdrawn his name from consideration to become Baltimore police commissioner, the Fort Worth Police Department tweeted this morning. #BreakingNews Chief...
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