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A man was fatally stabbed in a home in East Baltimore early Saturday morning, according to Baltimore Police.

Michael Harrison, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh's pick for city police commissioner, has met with select community leaders, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young and U.S. District Judge James Bredar, who's overseeing a court-ordered consent degree to reform the city's policing.

Baltimore City Councilman Eric Costello took to social media Thursday to dispel rumors of upcoming gang activity in the city.

State Del. Talmadge Branch has submitted legislation to give Baltimore control of its police department — a change City Council members have been seeking for years. Branch says he sees no reason why the city is only Maryland jurisdiction with a police department that's technically a state agency.

The federal judge overseeing the Baltimore police consent decree on Thursday called for the state to contribute money towards a new city police training facility, and also disputed recent comments by the governor that reforms and crime reduction can’t occur simultaneously.

Police said they are investigating a string of recent armed robberies — most of them at convenience stores and other businesses.

Doris E. Welsh, who was secretary to two city police commissioners and was an avid Orioles fan, died Friday at age 95.

A 41-year-old man who was fatally shot outside his Northeast Baltimore home this week may have been deprived of prompt medical attention for hours by a policing error — or worse.

This was one of the deadliest Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekends in recent memory in Baltimore City. The start to the year is also one of the most violent since 2012.

Two men were killed and one injured Tuesday in Baltimore City, continuing a particularly violent stretch.

The board of Baltimore City schools voted unanimously to oppose a measure that would have allowed school police officers to carry weapons during the day.

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire ex-mayor of New York and benefactor of Johns Hopkins University, says it’s “ridiculous” that the institution doesn’t have an armed police force. Bloomberg spoke to reporters after closed-door meetings at the State House in Annapolis with Democratic lawmakers.

Lawmakers talk a good game about restoring the public’s faith and confidence in the Baltimore Police Department . If they were serious about it, however, they would sponsor a local bill this session lifting the shroud of secrecy under state law that protects the disciplinary records of the BPD.

A man was shot and killed in the early hours of Tuesday near Morgan State University, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Baltimore City police arrested four teenagers in a stolen vehicle after three robberies Monday, city police said.

Police have identified 25-year-old Corey Dodd as the man fatally shot in the Sandtown-Winchester neighborhood Friday.

Baltimore police say a man died Friday morning after suffering gunshot wounds.

The independent monitoring team overseeing Baltimore’s consent decree is calling for an internal affairs investigation into the Gun Trace Task Force scandal, including investigating officers implicated in the case who have not been charged with a crime.

Former Baltimore cop: This “us versus them” culture between the BPD and the city’s African American communities is hardly new, however. It has existed for more than half a century.

A former Baltimore Police major who received an unpaid suspension after she was investigated by internal affairs for alleged theft, is now asking for a Baltimore Circuit Court judge to intervene in the case.

A monitor overseeing reforms of the Baltimore Police Department says the dysfunction within the agency is so deep and widespread that it will take years longer than anticipated to root it out. Kenneth Thompson testified before the House of Delegates' judiciary committee in Annapolis.

A former Baltimore Police officer has filed a defamation lawsuit after he was appointed to serve as deputy commissioner but lost the job after a fake memo was sent to the media.

A man who attempted to rob a Canton liquor store and was shot by an employee has died from his injuries, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Amit Kumar turned himself in to authorities in DeWitt, N.Y., on Sunday and will be extradited back to Baltimore City where he will be formally charged with first-degree murder, Baltimore police said Sunday night.

Baltimore police report three homicides on a snowy Sunday.

The major in charge of the Baltimore Police training academy is retiring, just as the department begins training officers on consent decree reforms.

Baltimore cannot continue to return to the tired mentality that sees police as warriors and efforts to build bridges with the community as distractions or impediments to safety. In truth, those bridges are what will keep us safe.

The inaction by Baltimore police to follow up on investigation of a car accidents is indicative of larger problems within the department.

Outgoing New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison has started the paperwork to collect his pension after nearly three decades with the force, and as per routine the payout would come in addition to his salary as Baltimore’s police commissioner.

Baltimore police identify officer in shooting on Saturday near Gilmor Homes

A 20-year-old man died after he was shot early Wednesday in Northwest Baltimore, according to police.

Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald is no longer in the running to be Baltimore's next police commissioner. Here's what people are saying after Monday's announcement from the Fort Worth Police Department.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced that she has chosen New Orleans police superintendent Michael Harrison to lead the city’s police department, a day after her previous pick for commissioner withdrew from consideration.

Michael Harrison, the New Orleans police superintendent named Tuesday as the next Baltimore police commissioner, stressed in his first interview the need for strong leadership if the department is to change its culture and reduce violent crime. Harrison talked Tuesday with The Baltimore Sun.

Take a look at the resume of New Orleans Police Superintendent Michael Harrison, as released by Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh.

The two cities racial makeup is nearly identical, while Baltimore has a higher homicide rate.

A 21-year-old West Baltimore man was arrested in Pennsylvania in late December, nearly two months after police say he was involved in a shooting related to a road-rage incident, according to the Baltimore Police Department.

Mayor Catherine Pugh ignored all those who urged her to conduct an open-transparent process to select a new police commissioner after her first pick withdrew. That's bold.

In the wake of Joel Fitzgerald’s withdrawal as a candidate for Baltimore police commissioner, officials in his current city of Fort Worth criticized the process here.

Joel Fitzgerald, Mayor Catherine Pugh’s choice to become Baltimore’s next police commissioner, has withdrawn from consideration for the job, a decision that spells more uncertainty for a department that has now been with permanent leadership for more than seven months.

Now that Joel Fitzgerald has withdrawn, here are some people who either applied or were considered during the first search for possible candidates, according to previous reporting from The Baltimore Sun.

Baltimore officials need to figure out precisely why police officers are leaving to stop the loss.

Joel Fitzgerald made the right decision in withdrawing his name from consideration as the next Baltimore police commissioner, and now city officials should plan on a more transparent process when reviewing new candidates.

Think raising salaries for police would help Baltimore's recruitment efforts? The numbers say no.

The interim commissioner has been on the job since last May. Why not convince him to stay on?

Baltimoreans clearly aren't sold on Joel Fitzgerald as the next police commissioner. How could they be?

Members of the Baltimore City Council heard a barrage of concern, frustration and outright opposition to the mayor's selection of Joel Fitzgerald as police commissioner, as a public hearing began at City Hall Saturday.

Here’s how the claims on Baltimore police commissioner nominee Joel Fitzgerald's resume stack up with his record as police chief in Allentown.

In a resume that was part of his application, Baltimore police commissioner nominee Joel Fitzgerald pitched himself as a reformer and an effective crime fighter. But in the document, Fitzgerald overstates some of his achievements as police chief in Fort Worth, Texas.

Patricia McLellan was a volunteer at the North County Emergency Outreach Relief Network in Glen Burnie.