Baltimore Fire officials say they plan to dispatch fewer firefighters to initial fire alarms, as departments see the number of medical emergency calls rise above those of fires.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $30,000 settlement for the mother of a child struck and killed in a crash involving a driver fleeing from a police officer.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates will consider a proposed $30,000 settlement Wednesday to resolve a lawsuit stemming from a 2015 incident where a police officer responding to a reported crime struck a child with his vehicle.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $92,500 settlement with a woman who alleged one of her supervisors in the Department of Transportation sexually harassed her and retaliated when she reported him.

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Nine years after being released from prison where he was serving a life sentence, a Baltimore man who was wrongfully convicted will be compensated by the city for the more than 20 years he spent behind bars.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve Wednesday a $50,000 settlement with a man who injured his knee when a police officer threw him to the ground during an arrest.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve this week a $9 million settlement with a man who spent 20 years in jail due to alleged actions of Baltimore Police Department detectives for a rape and murder he did not commit.

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The Baltimore City Board of Estimates is set to approve a $90,000 settlement Wednesday with a man who witnessed a robbery and was forcibly taken into custody and later charged with assault when he refused to go to the police station to give a formal statement.

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Baltimore's spending panel is set to vote on funding that would allow the first lawyers who will represent immigrants facing deportation to start within weeks.

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Baltimore City Solicitor Andre M. Davis reiterated his office had not changed its policy on not paying out punitive damages in police misconduct lawsuits.

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