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Before the Baltimore City Council quizzes acting police commissioner Richard Worley about what he’d do if they confirm him to be commissioner, we ask a community advocate and The Baltimore Banner’s criminal-justice investigative reporter what the key questions are.
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“The few in uniform who gamble with the credibility of the department and the integrity of my prosecutors' cases must be identified for the sake of accountability. This is critically important because of the history of Baltimore in the not too distant stain of corruption within our police department.”
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“People don’t necessarily trust the police with this information.”
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The meeting was supposed to give residents a chance to be heard while also being a first step towards a “community compact.”
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It was the third in-person town hall where residents had a chance to ask the commissioner questions before his nomination this fall. Some were concerned that Worley has been with the department through a time when police scandals led to a federal consent decree.
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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.
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Interim Commissioner Richard Worley told councilmembers last month the report would take 45 days. The department says they will need more time.
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July still saw a decrease in shootings, with numbers close to 2015.
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“The families who are affected by crime and violence, that reduction does not matter to those families.”
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“... breakdown in communication and judgment that is absolutely unacceptable.”