Well-meaning officers need to be trained that the ‘warrior model’ of policing does not fly in Baltimore; that the city is not made safer by a perception in the community that officers are fearsome and predisposed to use force to solve problems,” U.S. District Judge James Bredar said in a statement.
The suspect, 21-year-old Duncan Socrates Lemp was reportedly a supporter of the "Boogaloo" movement, which is linked to white supremacy and violence against police and promotes racial warfare.
A Montgomery County, MD, officer was shot by a suspect after attempting to arrest the suspect for a homicide on Tuesday, police say. The officer was airlifted from the scene by a U.S. Park Police helicopter and condition is unknown.
The man then got into the empty police car, turned it around and drove toward officers, he said. The man struck and killed one of his family members who was in the road. She had come to the scene to try to help “de-escalate the situation,” according to Hector Velez, the interim police chief in Prince George’s County.
Commissioner Michael Harrison said the shooter was driving in the opposite direction of the officers' car and it was the officer in the driver's seat that returned fire and was wounded. Three other officers were in the car.
A deputy with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office was badly injured when her patrol vehicle collided head-on with a minivan early Tuesday morning.
Five citizens were rescued near Bloody Point in Queen Anne's County, MD, Saturday afternoon after a fire forced them off their craft.
A man has been arrested in connection with the suspected beating of an officer with the Maryland Transit Administration police officer over the weekend.
Two men are facing multiple criminal charges in connection with a gun battle that left three officers with a shooting that left two Maryland officers wounded in August.
Citizens in DelMarVa—the peninsula that is shared by the states of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia—will continue with plans to show appreciation for local law enforcement officers this week despite concerns about COVID-19.