A federal judge has thrown out a class-action lawsuit alleging "overdetention" at Baltimore's Central Booking, a decision that could help end nearly 10 years of litigation over the practices at the city facility.
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Advocates of increasing police accountability in Maryland said Thursday now is the time to push for reforms.
Read More »Baltimore City Police Commissioner Anthony Batts says he'll work to get a pilot program for police body cameras started in the city by the end of the year.
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The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting "hard truths" that its citizens and police must confront, FBI Director James Comey said Thursday.
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The rush to outfit police officers with body cameras after last summer's unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, threatens to saddle local governments with steep costs for managing the volumes of footage they must keep for months or even years.
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Read More »Baltimore's spending panel is scheduled to approve a $30,000 settlement with a city man who alleged he was unlawfully stopped in his car and then arrested without cause nearly six years ago.
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Lawyers for a Baltimore police officer charged with slitting a dog's throat say witnesses will testify the Shar-Pei was "lifeless" for approximately five minutes after strangling itself on the dog pole it was attached to, according to a court filing made Friday.
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Only an expert in the relevant technology can testify in court regarding how police officers tracked a criminal defendant by cell phone tower routing, Maryland’s top court said Thursday.
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Read More »Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has vetoed a bill to make city police officers wear body cameras.
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