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Suspect in fatal City Hall crash released without charges
A car hurtled off the highway, fatally struck a pedestrian and overturned in front of City Hall and scores of downtown witnesses. A day later, police said the driver had walked free without charges. Despite anger and outrage from those who knew Matt...
Tags: Accidental Death, Maryland State Police, Italy, Bernard C. Young, Laws
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Tweet battle between police, union about social media strategy
The weekend tweets from the Baltimore Police Department featured a recruiting video, an appeal reminding domestic violence victims that officers can help, and a message honoring a colleague who died 40 years ago. But when a fatal stabbing at the Inner...
Tags: Criminals, Twitter, Inc., Anthony W. Batts, Los Angeles Police Department, Social Media
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Baltimore Police internal affairs chief resigns
The Baltimore Police Department's internal affairs chief is leaving the agency, a little more than a year after being brought on to reassure the public that a scandal-weary agency would get tougher policing itself, a spokesman confirmed. Grayling...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Los Angeles Police Department, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Baltimore Police again looking for new training director
For the third time in less than two months, the Baltimore Police Department is looking for a new director of training - but they say the current search was always part of their plan. After a shooting at an unauthorized training drill in February that...Tags: Anthony W. Batts
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Police Commissioner: BPD is as focused as ever on violent crime
On Sunday, a Sun editorial unfairly criticized the Baltimore Police Department for losing its focus on targeting the city's most violent criminals. I can assure residents that since I was appointed commissioner some 180 days ago, the senior leadership...
Tags: Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Behavioral Conditions
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Baltimore detectives investigating fatal shooting in Oliver
City detectives are investigating two overnight shootings that left one man dead in Oliver and another man wounded in Upton, the Baltimore Police Department said.
About 11:46 p.m. Thursday, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Pennsylvania...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Murder, Maryland General Hospital, Shootings
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City police planning new suspect identification process
Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Batts said Thursday that he is planning to change the way police get eyewitnesses to pick out suspects, citing research that shows current techniques can lead to cases of mistaken identity. Batts said he wants...
Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Rebecca Brown
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Baltimore homicide detectives close several cases
Though they aren't trumpeting it, the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit has made several recent arrests in killings dating back to last year. Police spokespeople said they did not know the motives behind the crimes. The arrests are a...Tags: Prosecution, Catonsville, Murder, Annapolis, Trials
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Baltimore police add patrols to battle west-side violence
Jim Mingle and Mike Boyd, detectives for the Baltimore Police Department, usually work in ties and jackets, but as daylight wanes on this day, they are standing on a West Baltimore street corner in their uniform blues. "Still fits," Mingle says, patting...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Sports, Murder, Diabetes, Shootings
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Batts: Police will rein in budget
The Baltimore Police Department has already gone over its overtime budget for the fiscal year, which ends in June, but Police Commissioner Anthony Batts says he will rein in the agency's spending. "We will be in budget at the end of the fiscal year....Tags: Anthony W. Batts, Budgets and Budgeting
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Police report quiet Friday night before St. Patrick's Day
Baltimore police said they were aware of no problems connected to early St. Patrick's Day celebrations Friday night, as they brace for a weekend of boozy revelry once bars open today. The department announced plans to flood bar districts with officers...
Tags: St. Patrick's Day, Inner Harbor, Canton Square, Fells Point
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Bill would enhance penalties for smuggling cell phones into jails
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comA Senate committee Tuesday heard testimony for a bill that would enhance penalties for those trying to or smuggling cell phones or other telecommunication devices into jails and prisons and those receiving such contraband. The bill has been introduced in...Tags: Organized Crime, Prisons, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Executive Branch
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