The Pocomoke City Police Department will partially resolve ongoing litigation over race discrimination with a consent decree, the ACLU of Maryland announced Thursday. A federal judge is expected to enter judgment against the city on claims of discrimination and retaliation ...

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Addressing a Baltimore business group Monday morning, Baltimore’s new acting police commissioner said he’s confident the department can be overhauled but stressed the need to reduce officers’ workloads and to establish better systems for training and accountability. Acting Commissioner Michael ...

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The judge enforcing a federal oversight program in Baltimore requiring sweeping police reforms said Thursday that the city’s troubled force appears to have a “culture of timidity” in confronting corruption within its ranks. At a public court hearing to review ...

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The federal judge overseeing the Baltimore consent decree refused to postpone deadlines while the U.S. Department of Justice grapples with the government shutdown that began Dec. 21, but work should continue under the department’s contingency plan. Submissions are due this ...

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Consent Decree Monitor Kenneth L. Thompson stressed the importance for Baltimore to find a permanent police commissioner in order to implement changes required by the decree, he told a room of members of the region’s business community at a breakfast ...

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A Baltimore judge has formally approved a settlement the city reached in August with a group of protesters arrested at Artscape in 2016.

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Baltimore officials on Tuesday assured the federal judge overseeing the implementation of the consent decree that they still expect to name a new police commissioner by the end of the month.

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A new report stemming from Baltimore police's consent decree with the federal government finds that the department has failed to prioritize patrol positions.

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Attorneys representing Baltimore's foster children say the city's social services department is illegally keeping children in offices overnight, 30 years after entering into a federal consent decree over treatment of foster children.

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The federal judge overseeing the government-ordered police reform in Baltimore expressed serious concerns about the future of the city's efforts without a new police commissioner capable of leading the department through the process.

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