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Civil rights lawyers and Democratic senators are pushing for legislation that would limit U.S. law enforcement agencies’ ability to buy cellphone tracking tools.
Read More »Senators push to reform police’s cellphone tracking tools
Students protest Johns Hopkins police force at public hearing
Protesters disrupted a public hearing on Johns Hopkins University’s proposed police force on Thursday night.
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Read More »House Democrats pass police funding bills despite divisions
House Democrats pushed through a long-sought policing and public safety package after overcoming internal differences.
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Read More »House Democrats reach deal on policing bills ahead of midterms
Progressive and centrist Democrats in the House have clinched agreement on a long-sought policing and public safety package.
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Read More »Maryland man who pointed gun at officers fatally shot, police say
A police officer fatally shot a man who pointed a handgun at officers at a Maryland home, officials said.
Read More »Anne Arundel police fatally shoot man in domestic violence incident
Police in Maryland responding to a domestic violence incident fatally shot a man early Saturday after he pointed a firearm at officers, authorities said.
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Read More »Police won’t be charged in man’s death after officers used stun gun
Five western Maryland police officers won’t face charges in a man's death that occurred days after officers shocked him with a stun gun, officials announced.
Read More »Board to weigh settlement in Cecil County man’s claims of police beating
A state panel is being asked to approve a settlement for a man who said he was the victim of a brutal beating at the hands of three Maryland State Police troopers.
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Read More »Tech tool offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’
Local law enforcement agencies have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants.
Read More »Montgomery County settles lawsuit over police encounter with 5-year-old
Montgomery County has agreed to pay $275,000 to settle a lawsuit that grew from an encounter between a 5-year-old boy and two police officers.
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