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Brown seeks litigation authority to fight bias, law enforcement misconduct
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown pressed lawmakers for the authority to investigate and litigate instances of widespread unlawful discrimination.
Md. attorney general seeks authority to prosecute police-involved deaths
Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown urged lawmakers to allow him to prosecute police officers he finds criminally at fault for having killed someone.
Md. Supreme Court considers fee waiver denial in police records case
The Baltimore Police Department last week defended its decision not to waive a $245,000 fee for police misconduct records requested by a community advocacy group.
Maryland public defender, ACLU supporting lawsuit over public records fees for police files
A lawsuit challenging "exorbitant" fees for police misconduct files requested under Maryland's public records law has drawn support from a variety of groups.
With historic victory, Brown plans expansion of Md. attorney general’s role
Attorney General-elect Anthony Brown plans to boost the office’s functions to help investigate crimes and examine patterns and practices of police misconduct.
Frosh seeks standards on police force, no-knocks, weapons
Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh on Tuesday called for a statewide standard on the use of police force, sharp limits on the use of no-knock warrants, a ban on police use of military weapons and the creation of a database of police misconduct to ensure bad Maryland officers cannot hide from their past. Frosh […]
Md. Senate bill would permit disclosure of police misconduct probes
Saying the legislation would help uncover law enforcement’s bad apples, a Baltimore state senator urged her colleagues Thursday to pass legislation that would remove documents relating to police misconduct investigations from the list of “personnel records” automatically exempt from disclosure under the Maryland Public Information Act. Sen. Jill P. Carter said her bill was spurred […]
Lawmakers eye changes to police ‘bill of rights,’ cite need for oversight
The General Assembly appears poised this coming session to sharply alter – if not outright repeal – a 46-year-old law governing how police departments discipline wayward officers, amid criticism that the procedures are too protective of them and largely shielded from the public. The 1974 Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights act enables departments to […]
Man sues Elkton police for excessive force, wrongful arrest
An Elkton man has filed suit against the town’s police department and two officers, alleging he was forcefully arrested without cause at his home in 2018. Darryl T. Wilson claims Officers Enos Detweiler and Jakob Brown came to his home for a report of a disturbance in October 2018 though no disturbance had occurred, according to […]
Judge dismisses counts, keeps potential claim against city in GTTF suit
A federal judge dismissed portions of a man’s lawsuit against former Gun Trace Task Force members Tuesday but preserved a claim that the city is liable for allowing the Baltimore Police Department to develop a culture of violating citizens’ rights. Robert Johnson, the passenger in a car stopped by GTTF officers Momodu Gondo and Jemell […]
Court affirms conviction for staged evidence find caught on body cam
An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Baltimore Police Department officer whose controversial reenactment of an evidence find was captured on his body worn camera in 2017. Richard Pinheiro was indicted on charges of fabrication of physical evidence and misconduct in office and convicted by a judge at a bench trial. He was […]
Baltimore argues it has no duty to pay 2 GTTF judgments
ANNAPOLIS — Baltimore’s attorneys argued Monday that the “horrific conduct” of the police department’s Gun Trace Task Force officers was so egregious that the city is not responsible for indemnifying the officers against civil judgments obtained by victims. Justin S. Conroy, chief solicitor for the city’s Law Department, told the Court of Appeals that state [&hellip[...]
