Maryland Daily Record » officers http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Thu, 23 May 2013 02:01:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Baltimore Police: Public can record officers http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/12/baltimore-police-public-can-record-officers/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/12/baltimore-police-public-can-record-officers/#comments Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:00:55 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/12/baltimore-police-public-can-record-officers/ City police released a department policy Friday that tells officers that members of the public have the right to record them carrying out their duties, just days before a hearing on a lawsuit over the issue. The general order was made public three days before a judge was set to hear arguments on a motion [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/02/12/baltimore-police-public-can-record-officers/feed/ 1 Lawyers preparing civil suits for victims of police shooting  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/06/lawyers-preparing-civil-suits-for-victims-of-police-shooting/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/06/lawyers-preparing-civil-suits-for-victims-of-police-shooting/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:00:08 +0000 Andy Marso http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/06/lawyers-preparing-civil-suits-for-victims-of-police-shooting/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The four Baltimore police officers who failed to recognize William H. Torbit Jr. as one of their own and shot him dead Jan. 9 refused to cooperate with an independent review board that released its report Thursday. But the public may yet get to hear their version of what happened that night. Solo practitioner A. [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/11/06/lawyers-preparing-civil-suits-for-victims-of-police-shooting/feed/ 0 Bel Air officers dismissed from Defend Life suit  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/10/bel-air-officers-dismissed-from-defend-life-suit/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/10/bel-air-officers-dismissed-from-defend-life-suit/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:00:52 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/10/bel-air-officers-dismissed-from-defend-life-suit/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A federal judge in Baltimore has dismissed Bel Air police officers as defendants in a lawsuit brought by anti-abortion demonstrators, finding the officers were simply acting as backup for Maryland state troopers and did not participate in the alleged constitutional-rights violations. The members of Defend Life Inc. claim they were strip-searched after being arrested and [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/07/10/bel-air-officers-dismissed-from-defend-life-suit/feed/ 0 Police department ‘personnel records’ excepted from MPIA  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/29/police-department-%e2%80%98personnel-records%e2%80%99-excepted-from-mpia/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/29/police-department-%e2%80%98personnel-records%e2%80%99-excepted-from-mpia/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 22:50:07 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/29/police-department-%e2%80%98personnel-records%e2%80%99-excepted-from-mpia/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Records of an internal police investigation into the conduct of two officers are “personnel records” and thus cannot be released to a county inspector general reviewing whether a drunk-driving cover-up occurred, Maryland’s top court ruled Wednesday. With its 5-2 decision, the Court of Appeals denied Montgomery County’s inspector general access to documents held by the [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/06/29/police-department-%e2%80%98personnel-records%e2%80%99-excepted-from-mpia/feed/ 0 Jury deliberates in suit against Baltimore police officers  http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/03/29/jury-deliberates-in-suit-against-baltimore-police-officers/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/03/29/jury-deliberates-in-suit-against-baltimore-police-officers/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:45:59 +0000 Brendan Kearney http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=195349 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> After a week of trial in Baltimore City Circuit Court, it is now up to a jury to decide whether four men who were frisked and detained for about an hour in a Westside bar while another patron was arrested were merely inconvenienced or are instead owed money damages. Lawyers for the plaintiffs and the [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2011/03/29/jury-deliberates-in-suit-against-baltimore-police-officers/feed/ 0 Ex-Flex Squad officers’ suit dismissed  http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/07/ex-flex-squad-officers%e2%80%99-suit-dismissed/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/07/ex-flex-squad-officers%e2%80%99-suit-dismissed/#comments Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:15:30 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/07/ex-flex-squad-officers%e2%80%99-suit-dismissed/ (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Four former members of the disbanded Southwestern District Flex Squad have lost their $40 million federal lawsuit alleging that police department leaders violated their constitutional and civil rights by suspending them from active duty. The officers also alleged that internal police investigators violated their privacy by sharing information with the media about the investigation and [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2010/12/07/ex-flex-squad-officers%e2%80%99-suit-dismissed/feed/ 0