Police

One message was clear among dozens of the residents who braved the Monday night rain to meet Worley at a church in Park Heights: Baltimore needs a police force invested in its communities.

Interim Commissioner Richard Worley told councilmembers last month the report would take 45 days. The department says they will need more time.

Critical staffing shortages are preventing police from spending enough time getting to know the neighborhoods they patrol, a roadblock to regaining community trust, report finds.

In an interview, former Commissioner Michael Harrison, Mayor Brandon Scott and Acting Commissioner Richard Worley provide new details about the events leading to the transfer of power.

Police will no longer be able to use the suspected smell of cannabis as the sole reason for a search of vehicles

We’ll go On the Record with a look at District Action Teams in the Baltimore Police Department. We speak with a journalist about how these police units fit into the BPD’s history of plainclothes policing. Plus, Commissioner Michael Harrison on the surge in gun violence involving youth.

“The Taser program has been an instrument for us in making sure we have more effective means by which to handle an escalatory incident… without the use of deadly force.”

We’ll go On the Record with Robert McCullough, Baltimore County’s new chief of police. McCullough began his career on the force as an 18-year old cadet. We ask about his plans to build community relationships and increase diversity in the department.

The Maryland Attorney General’s office can now prosecute police-involved killings, as well as investigate alleged civil rights violations.

So far in 2023, 508 Hyundais and Kias have been stolen in Baltimore, according to police, representing nearly half the auto thefts citywide. In Baltimore County, 193 Kias or Hyundais were stolen in 2022.