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- All officers assigned to the Baltimore Police Department’s Southwest District were ordered to self-quarantine after an officer tested positive for COVID-19, department officials said late Saturday.
- Violators could face a $5,000 fine and up to one year in prison. State police did not immediately say Tuesday how many, if any individuals were charged, just that law enforcement received 402 calls related to the order.
- A Baltimore City Police officer shot and killed a male who was firing upon a crowd in retaliation to an earlier dispute that left another male injured, Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said Monday night.
- The Mount Airy nursing home where a man in his 90s died as a result of an outbreak of the new coronavirus received the lowest rating possible from Medicare, largely due to staffing.
- Maryland will likely continue to see a rapid increase in COVID-19 cases through Easter, Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday, indicating social distancing measures will likely remain in place through next month.
- As the coronavirus outbreak confines more people to their homes, contributes to job losses and causes other financial hardships, it will also spur a rise in domestic violence, experts warn.
- A Baltimore Police officer and two emergency medical service providers have tested for the coronavirus Thursday, Baltimore police spokeswoman Lindsey Eldridge said.
- The union that represents Baltimore Police officers said Monday that the department does not have enough supplies, like hand sanitizer, for officers as coronavirus cases in the city and elsewhere rise.
- Baltimore residents and advocates have been pressing for big changes, and said they are encouraged that Police Commissioner Michael Harrison has set in motion a way to make the department more accountable while reducing the city's crippling homicide rate.
- Maryland officials on Saturday confirmed another 41 cases of coronavirus in the state, for a total of at least 190, as well as a third death.
- Seven people were injured, including two seriously, in several shootings across the city Saturday, Baltimore Police said.
- Recreational activities at the Liberty, Loch Raven, and Prettyboy reservoirs will be suspended and additional restrictions by Baltimore public works will be in place starting Monday.
- Seven people injured in a shooting Tuesday night in Madison Park have been released from the hospital, according to Baltimore police.
- Baltimore Police are encouraging officers to use discretion for low-level arrests to limit coronavirus exposure, department officials announced Thursday.
- The Baltimore police and fire departments, like agencies across the country, are preparing for additional cases of the coronavirus that are likely to arise, including contingencies for if their own rank-and-file become infected with the disease.
- A day after eight people were shot in Baltimore, including seven in a single incident, top officials condemned the continuing gun violence, saying it further strains resources at a time when the coronavirus is upending daily life.
- Officer Alexia Davis, a 22-year-old just months out of the academy, arrived first. She drew her Glock .22 pistol and pushed open the door of the brick rowhome on East 28th Street, near Clifton Park. after contractors found the front door kicked in and called 911.“Baltimore City Police," she called out while stepping inside.
- Baltimore Police are ordering additional personal protective equipment for officers to use while responding to calls potentially involving individuals with the coronavirus.
- Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison welcomed 32 new recruits to their first day of their 30 weeks of officer training at the new academy building Monday morning.
- The Baltimore Police Department reported 29,042 arrests in 2017, 25,563 in 2018 and 24,826 in 2019.
- A Baltimore County Police officer is still recovering after an apparent friendly fire shooting last month that left one man dead and a second officer injured, an incident that city and county officials have refused to provide additional details about nearly three weeks later.
- Two Baltimore Police officers were charged after hitting a parked car and fleeing the scene in Parkville early Sunday morning, Baltimore County Police said Monday
- Baltimore police and prosecutors announced on Thursday charges against 20 alleged gang members who distributed fentanyl and other drugs in East Baltimore.
- A Baltimore Police Civilian Review Board member said Monday that she is resigning, citing the panel’s lack of independence and frustrations that the panel did not receive full and timely police misconduct reports
- A man who was shot in the head in Pigtown on Saturday morning died Sunday, Baltimore Police said.
- A Baltimore County police officer shot last week while trying to arrest a fugitive charged with attempted murder in Pennsylvania last week has been released from Maryland Shock Trauma.
- Baltimore Police said Friday they recovered a fully-loaded gun from the man fatally shot Wednesday as officers attempted to him for an attempted shooting in Pennsylvania.
- The local officers were attempting to arrest Michael Marullo in Baltimore where he fled after he fired shots at the grandfather of his 2-year-old twins, according to court documents.
- Two police officers assigned to federal task forces, one from Baltimore City and one from Baltimore County, were shot in Northeast Baltimore on Wednesday, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogans office confirmed.
- Baltimore Ceasefire organizer Erricka Bridgeford said the weekend was difficult after three people were killed and four others were injured in shootings Friday and early Saturday.
- Three more people were shot overnight Friday into Saturday after three men were killed and a woman were injured in shootings earlier Friday, Baltimore police said.
- Police have an arrest warrant for Calvin Matthews Stevens, Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced at a news conference Friday.
- A Baltimore Police officer is being investigated for an incident involving middle school students Thursday during a program organized by the local Outward Bound, a non-profit educational organization.
- A Baltimore Sun analysis of every hour of overtime paid over the past two fiscal years shows for the first time the outsize workloads logged by individual officers, often with little oversight from supervisors. But police insist things are improving.
- Davis, 25, was “battering his former girlfriend” whom he also shares a child with, during the game Saturday, according to the Coral Gables Police Department.
- A Baltimore Circuit judge on Tuesday sentenced Willard Turner to life plus 80 years in prison for the 2018 death of South Baltimore woman Tiffany Jones, whose body was found inside a burning house.
- A 15-year-old boy and two men were injured in a midday shooting Monday afternoon in the Millhill neighborhood in Southwest Baltimore, city police said.
- Connecting evidence obtained from different crimes scenes to determine if the same gun was used at each has typically taken months to process. But now, thanks to a new program, Baltimore Police will soon be able to match and test that evidence in just days.
- Baltimore Police Department spokesman Matt Jablow is leaving the department and will join a local public relations firm run by former Mayor Catherine Pugh’s communication consultant.
- Two teens were arrested Thursday afternoon after police said an officer was struck while trying to break up a fight involving a group of young people in Northeast Baltimore.
- Police officers assigned to Baltimore's homeless outreach team have been transferred to the crisis response team.
- The judge enforcing the Baltimore Police consent decree pushed back Wednesday against recent criticism of the federally mandated reforms, saying it is imperative for officers to “lean in” to the process as training increases in the coming year.
- The Baltimore Police Department’s critical shortage of officers continues to slow internal affairs investigations, contributes to low morale and is delaying many of the reforms required under a federal consent decree reached nearly three years ago, a recent report says.
- City officials on Saturday condemned a viral video that captured a Baltimore Police sergeant being kicked by onlookers as he struggled to restrain a male on the ground Friday night.
- A 73-year-old woman injured in a midday exchange of gunfire in Southwest Baltimore earlier this month died Saturday, city police said.
- An FBI arrest affidavit accuses three men, two from Maryland, of being white supremacists who possessed a machine gun and smuggled a like-minded colleague into the country from Canada.
- Two men were killed in separate, brazen daytime shootings Wednesday afternoon, including one outside of Royal Farms Arena in the heart of downtown Baltimore, police said.
- Deric Strickland was getting gas Saturday night when he heard a single gunshot. He didn’t think much of the gunfire in a city where more than 300 people are killed each year, and hundreds more are shot.
- Baltimore City Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Friday announced the arrest of a 16 year old who is charged with killing two people in November.
- Carmen Rodriguez, 35, was shot three days before Christmas at the at the Kim Deli & Grocery where she works.