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Six years into consent decree, the long wait for Baltimore Police stop-and-search data continues
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.
Photo collage showing reflection of police car in a rear view mirror set against a background showing Baltimore row homes, street map and yellow dots scattered on the map.
State officials tell judge they’re still years away from fixing health care in Baltimore jails
The state, which took over the Baltimore’s jails decades ago, has struggled to meet court deadlines to fix health care in its facilities.
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They were wounded in a mass shooting. Then Baltimore Police seized their belongings.
The Baltimore Police Department is under scrutiny over how it seizes “evidence” from shooting victims.
The crime scene the morning after the July 2 mass shooting in Brooklyn Homes.
Vowing to ‘dig deeper,’ City Council sets date for second hearing on Brooklyn Day shooting
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.”
The exterior of Baltimore City Hall as seen on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023.
Her son was killed in Brooklyn. At Thursday’s hearing, she told the council it’s an ‘island’ devoid of services.
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.
Kevin Keegan, Associated Catholic Charities’ director of family services, speaks at the Baltimore City Council hearing on the Brooklyn mass shooting on July 13, 2023.
‘Two children are dead!’ City agencies admit failures, and dodge questions, in Brooklyn shooting
The nearly four-hour-long hearing included emotional testimony from attendees and calls for more resources in South Baltimore.
City Council President Nick Mosby, right, looks on seated while seated next to Councilwoman Phylicia Porter at the Baltimore City Council hearing on the Brooklyn shooting.
Baltimore is about to get new police district borders. Here’s what that could mean for you.
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.
Police respond to reports of a shooting at the corner of S Catherine St. & Frederick Ave. on May 11, 2023.
Safe Streets crew worked South Baltimore block party, but shifts ended before mass shooting
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.
Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
Baltimore Police propose using drones for SWAT operations, crime scene evidence
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.
The police department said it crafted its drone policy “alongside the Department of Justice and the federal consent decree’s monitoring team.”
A mass shooting took place at a crowded South Baltimore event. Why weren’t police there?
Radio communications from the Southern District indicated that police were well aware of a massive crowd nearing 1,000 people gathered at Brooklyn Homes.
An officer patrols around Brooklyn Homes on Monday, where a shooting during a weekend gathering killed two people and injured 28 others.
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
Massive medic shortage: About a third of city’s rescue, fire units sidelined last weekend
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.
A member of the Baltimore City Fire Department’s Emergency Medical Services team removes a stretcher from the back of an ambulance on Aug. 17, 2022.
Can cops smoke pot? Revamped legal landscape raises new questions for officers, recruits
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.
A Baltimore Police detective’s uniform patch is seen on his shoulder while he observes the crowd in between innings during a baseball game against the Oakland Athletics held at Camden Yards on Wednesday, April 12. The Orioles beat the Athletics, 8-7, to win the series.
Mayor names new interim public safety office director, a veteran of the agency
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.
Stefanie Mavronis, seen here at a press conference on June 23 in Baltimore City Hall, will be the interim director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement following the departure of Shantay Jackson.
What gets you arrested in Baltimore? Police issue new steps for officers on low-level crimes
Memo lays out in detail how officers should carry out enforcement for a variety of so-called “quality of life” offenses
A detail of a Baltimore police officer’s gun and handcuffs.
After a strong start, Baltimore’s new approach to policing gun violence faces headwinds
The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.
Photo collage showing map of Baltimore City with Western District cut out, Baltimore police badge, and man with another man’s hand on his shoulder.
Homicides are down in Baltimore. But gun violence data show reasons to be cautious.
The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.
Here’s how Baltimore leaders are reacting to Police Commissioner Michael Harrison’s departure
“He took on a very, very challenging job, and he is a true man of honor and integrity,” Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison, speaks to the city's strategy for teen violence this summer, including enforcement of the youth curfew, at a press conference this afternoon on May 24, 2023.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison stepping down
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 to step down, Richard Worley, Deputy Commissioner at Baltimore Police Department.
Amid citation campaign, new questions emerge on how Baltimore will police lesser offenses
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.
File photo showing a Baltimore Police detective’s service pistol and handcuffs secured on his belt.
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