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Newsby Staff WriterJune 29, 2017

Video: MD Officers Exchange Fire with Gunman on Bus

Stunning new video captures a deadly shootout between a Baltimore County police officer and a suspect with a gun on a city bus on June 7. Investigators have cleared the officers involved, calling it a “justified shooting”.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 26, 2017

Baltimore Speed Cameras Return Under Stricter Laws

The city will operate 10 portable speed cameras near schools throughout the city, the first step in Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's plan to launch a network that eventually will include 20 speed cameras, 10 red light cameras, and a system designed to enforce a prohibition on trucks using certain streets.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 22, 2017

Baltimore Businesses Destroyed During Riots Sue City Officials for Failing to Prevent Violence

Dozens of Baltimore business owners are suing city officials, including the police department and former Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, saying they mishandled the city's response to the rioting in 2015.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 13, 2017

Baltimore Officers Put on 12-Hour Shifts Effective Immediately

Effective immediately, all patrol officers and detectives will be required to work 12-hour shifts, rather than their standard 10-hour shifts, and every sworn officer in the department capable of being deployed will be deployed.

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Newsby Staff WriterJune 9, 2017

More Than 2 Dozen Teams Apply to Serve as Monitor of Baltimore Police Consent Decree

More than two dozen teams have applied to serve as the independent monitor overseeing police reforms in Baltimore under the consent decree between the city and the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 22, 2017

5 Baltimore Officers Facing Discipline Over Freddie Gray Incident, 3 Could be Fired

The three who face firing are Officer Caesar Goodson, who was driving the van where an autopsy determined Gray suffered fatal injuries; Lt. Brian Rice and Sgt. Alicia White, according to sources with knowledge of the case.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 15, 2017

Man Gets Life for Shooting Baltimore Sergeant

A Baltimore judge on Monday sentenced Gregg Thomas to life plus 35 years behind bars — the maximum sentence allowed — for the 2014 shooting of Sgt. Keith Mcneill, concluding a years-long court battle that included four trials.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 4, 2017

Five-Day Manhunt Ends with Capture of Escaped Delaware Inmate by Maryland Officers

An escaped inmate convicted of the attempted murder of a Delaware police officer was captured on Wednesday, ending a five-day manhunt that involved the U.S. Marshals Service and at least six other law enforcement teams, police said.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2017

Baltimore Homicide Detectives to Begin Investigating Drug Overdoses

For the first time, Baltimore police have begun investigating overdoses in an effort to trace drugs back to dealers, joining a wave of Maryland law enforcement agencies showing up at 911 calls previously left to medics.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 3, 2017

ATF's Ballistics Van to Help Baltimore as Murder Rate Increases

Baltimore has experienced its highest murder rate in history through the first four months of 2017—but authorities there are now receiving federal help in the form of a mobile gun-tracking van from the ATF.

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