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New Orleans Police Superintendent Named Baltimore's Next Commissioner

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh said Harrison has “achieved clear, compelling and consistent results” in reducing violence while deploying “proactive and effective policing strategies that reflect 21st century, constitutional policing,” and would bring the “insight and sensitivity needed to reestablish essential trust and confidence of citizens in their police officers.”

January 9, 2019

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Maryland Agency Accused of Expunging OIS Investigation Records

The Baltimore Police Department is being accused of having a widespread practice of wrongly expunging internal affairs files of officers accused of misconduct, according to the Baltimore Sun.

December 27, 2018

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Maryland Department Adds K-9 to Help in Searches for Missing Persons

Officers with the Bowie (MD) Police Department welcomed a new member to its ranks—a 13-month-old bloodhound puppy.

December 20, 2018

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Baltimore County Conducting National Search for New Chief

Baltimore County Chief of Police Terrence Sheridan has about six months remaining on the job while County Executive Johnny Olszewski conducts a national search for a replacement, according to the Baltimore Sun.

December 6, 2018

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DC Woman Charged with Hitting Officer with Car, Driving Down Highway with Him on Hood

Officer Jordan was off-duty just before 8 a.m. Monday when he observed a hit-and-run involving three cars. The driver of a Chevy Impala fled the scene, according to Sgt. DeVaughn Parker with Maryland State Police.

December 5, 2018

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Active Shooter Scare at Walter Reed Sparked by Alarm "Drill"

The Navy said someone at Naval Support Activity Bethesda, in the Maryland suburbs of the capital, was planning a future drill when a tenant command "inadvertently" activated the facility's alert system at about 2 p.m. ET without including the words "exercise" or "drill."

November 28, 2018

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Maryland Department Mourns Off-Duty Death of Veteran Officer

The Mayor of Salisbury (MD) has ordered flags flown at half-staff after the off-duty death of Master Police Officer Aaron "Bull" Hudson in an apparent suicide.

November 21, 2018

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National Law Enforcement Museum to Host Opioid Panel Discussion

The National Law Enforcement Museum at the Motorola Solutions Foundation Building will host a panel discussion Thursday called "Conversations — Opioids: Communities Fighting Back."

November 14, 2018

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Supreme Court Rejects Officers' Lawsuit in Freddie Gray Case

The High Court agreed with a lower court ruling that Mosby has prosecutorial immunity in the case, declining to take up the appeal, and effectively ending the case in Mosby's favor.

November 14, 2018

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Maryland SRO Fatally Shot Himself at School

A Baltimore County police officer working as a school resource officer at Eastern Technical High School in Essex, MD, fatally shot himself Monday, according to Baltimore County Police.

November 12, 2018

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Maryland Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man Struggling with Officer

Officers with the Anne Arundel County (MD) Police Department were trying to enforce Maryland's new 'red flag law'—under which family, police, and mental health professionals can all ask for the protective orders to remove weapons from a household—when they encountered the subject of the order holding a gun.

November 6, 2018

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Maryland Officer Fatally Shoots Driver Who Attempted to Drag Him from SUV

An officer with the Baltimore County (MD) Police Department fatally shot a man who reportedly attempted to drag the officer from his fleeing SUV.

October 31, 2018