The lack of trust resulting from the lack of transparency in all matters relating to the Baltimore Police Department is one of the most fundamental problems the city faces.

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We fear the absence of any substantive information about the search will set up the new appointee for failure.

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Police commissioner Anthony Batts is stepping up police presence on the streets of Baltimore in response to a surge in violence. Batts outlined his plan Wednesday for city council members on Wednesday night. Still, three men were shot early Thursday ...

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With just hours to spare, Maryland’s top court has decided to wait almost two weeks before ordering that public defenders be provided to indigent suspects when a court commissioner sets their bail. The Court of Appeals’ order, which was to ...

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WESTMINSTER — Former Westminster Mayor and Carroll County Commissioner W. Benjamin Brown has died. He was 66. Brown, of Hanover, Pa., died Saturday at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore following a heart attack, according to the Pritts ...

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Baltimore taxpayers have paid at least $16.8 million since July 2004 to settle lawsuits involving the city police department. The cases range from garden-variety policy misconduct to a $6 million settlement in the case of Jeffrey Alston, who was paralyzed ...

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Baltimore City Councilman James B. Kraft has asked Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III for a response to a series of recent articles in The Daily Record about the cost of settling lawsuits alleging police misconduct. The Southeast Baltimore Democrat’s ...

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