Dontae Spivey was convicted of a 1998 homicide, but has always maintained his innocence.

Judge Bredar’s comments followed reporting from The Baltimore Banner on the long wait for detailed reports about how officers interact with citizens.

Critical staffing shortages are preventing police from spending enough time getting to know the neighborhoods they patrol — a roadblock to regaining community trust, report finds.

In the past, the city’s policing strategies hinged on sweeping searches of Black residents. Data that would show whether that has changed has yet to be released.

The state, which took over the Baltimore’s jails decades ago, has struggled to meet court deadlines to fix health care in its facilities.

The Baltimore Police Department is under scrutiny over how it seizes “evidence” from shooting victims.

The hearing, planned for Sept. 13 at 1 p.m., was announced by Councilman Mark Conway, who said he expected the Police Department will have by then completed its “after-action report.”

Less than six months after her son was killed in the 800 block of Gretna Court, Donna Bruce watched with horror on Instagram Live as the Brooklyn Day event she knew well devolved into a chaotic shooting exchange of gunfire on that same street, without a police officer in sight.

The nearly four-hour-long hearing included emotional testimony from attendees and calls for more resources in South Baltimore.

Under the newly drawn districts, police department officials have shifted certain areas of the city that had more violent crimes into larger districts that are historically even more violent, a Baltimore Banner data analysis found.

Four Safe Streets workers from Baltimore’s leading violence intervention program monitored the block party Saturday at Brooklyn Homes, but clocked out and left about an hour before gunfire erupted.

The Baltimore Police Department is asking for community feedback on a policy that would guide its use of small unmanned aircrafts, or drones, for aerial surveillance.

Radio communications from the Southern District indicated that police were well aware of a massive crowd nearing 1,000 people gathered at Brooklyn Homes.

The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.

On Saturday, nearly a third of the city fire department's engine and truck companies were out of service due to shortages of personnel, fire officers’ union president Josh Fannon said.

Baltimore police union says the state should order police agencies to stop barring recruits with a history of cannabis use and discontinue “random” drug screenings for officers.

Mayor Brandon Scott officially named Stefanie Mavronis as the new director of the office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. She formerly served as the office’s chief of staff.

Memo lays out in detail how officers should carry out enforcement for a variety of so-called “quality of life” offenses

The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.

The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.