A federal judge said that four years into a consent decree, the Baltimore Police Department has “all the elements” in place for success and needs “maximum productivity” to speed reform, clean up the department and better serve the people of Baltimore.
U.S. District Judge James Bredar said it’s time the department start showing results after making inroads training officers and implementing policies to correct corruption and damaged community relations, the Baltimore Sun reports. He pointed to successes — the department’s first improvement in hiring officers in years — and problems, such as stalled efforts to upgrade technology and better monitor and punish wayward officers.