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.

“He took on a very, very challenging job, and he is a true man of honor and integrity,” Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.

Mayor Brandon Scott will nominate Richard Worley, the deputy commissioner for operations, as interim commissioner and intends to nominate him to the position permanently.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison gave more details about how officers will utilize the ability to cite, or even arrest, people for low-level offenses, during the police budget hearing on Tuesday night.

Six years after the Baltimore Police Department entered a federal consent decree, courtroom relationships have gotten closer, while community input remains sparse.

Nearly every burger in Baltimore is a smashburger. One reporter is pushing back against the trend.

Cedric Elleby has been with the Baltimore Police Department since June 2019.

Wednesday’s discussion touched on unsolved homicides, staffing issues, youth gun violence, the Group Violence Reduction Strategy and a newly proposed arsonist registry.

Six out of every 100 prisoners in Maryland were sentenced when they were under 18 — and 80% of them are Black.

Baltimore’s jails remain deeply broken, especially when it comes to medical and mental health care.

The report is the first study on Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services staffing shortages that had the full collaboration of the union representing correctional officers.