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How to add police officers and at least temporarily fix the Baltimore Police Department's overtime problem.

A man died after he broke a window and jumped from a 10th-story window at University of Maryland Medical Center, according to police.

Two men who served federal prison time after Baltimore Police planted drugs on them in 2010 to justify a fatal high-speed chase filed a lawsuit Wednesday and will ask for more than $40 million in damages, according to their attorneys.

Body-camera footage released by the Baltimore Police Department on Tuesday shows a city police officer rushing toward the sound of gunfire as it erupts half a block away, then making an arrest of an alleged gunman.

In separate shootings, two female victims were killed Monday night, according to police.

Attorney Ivan Bates will promise a necessary back-to-basics approach to the Baltimore state's attorney's office, and he has The Sun's endorsement.

High cost of police overtime, and difficult of filling jobs, raises questions about the state of police recruitment and public perception of the job.

As Baltimore continues to face record levels of violence, a senior police commander says it's time for the sheriff's office to do more to go out beyond its traditional at the city's courthouses. The incumbent says that's what he's been doing for the past seven years.

Former Gun Trace Task Force Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, perhaps the most corrupt officer uncovered in Baltimore Police Department history, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison for his role in a stunning range of crimes. Former detective Marcus Taylor received 18 years in prison.

Maj. Sabrina Tapp-Harper, a longtime law enforcement presence in Baltimore who currently serves as a top commander and spokeswoman in the Baltimore City Sheriff’s Office, has submitted her name to be Baltimore’s first female police commissioner.

Baltimore police are dealing with yet another in a seemingly endless string of scandals.

Some of the Democrats who want to challenge Gov. Larry Hogan went bold in a televised debate taped Wednesday, calling for such measures as impeaching President Donald J. Trump, disbanding the Baltimore police department and ordering state troopers to confront federal immigration agents.

Given recent events, Baltimore police involvement in search for new commissioner should be limited.

A high-ranking Baltimore Police commander who has for months been under investigation for using funds from a police-community relations nonprofit to pay for plane tickets for a personal European vacation has been recalled from an elite national police fellowship and suspended by the department.

The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider the Baltimore Police Department’s appeal of a $2.3 million judgment for maliciously prosecuting a homeless man as the “Charles Village rapist.”

A high-ranking Baltimore Police commander who founded a nonprofit to promote positive police-community relations after the city’s 2015 riot was investigated last year for using the charity’s funds to pay for a personal European vacation.

A 68-year-old man was charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death.

Democrat Rushern Baker, the Prince George's County executive, launched his television ads in the campaign for governor this week with a modest ad buy and two spots for Baltimore and Montgomery County voters.

Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle has told Mayor Catherine Pugh that he wants the top job permanently, he confirmed Thursday. 

Recent judicial decisions in Baltimore underscore the need to remedy a troubling, long-standing deficiency: the absence of a formal program for evaluating the performances of judges in Maryland.

Baltimore city solicitor Andre Davis said the city plans to bring a lawsuit a police officer who was found guilty of overtime theft to recover money a judge declined to order as restitution.

Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor, the APG commander and guest speaker at Aberdeen's Memorial Day ceremony, honored the military and law enforcement officers who made the ultimate sacrifice for Americans' freedom and safety.

The deluge of rain that caused flash flooding in Ellicott City and across the Baltimore region Sunday prompted the evacuation of at least three businesses in the city’s Woodberry neighborhood, according to the Mayor’s Office of Emergency Management.

Two people were killed and another man was injured in Baltimore on Tuesday, police said.

Despite back-to-back command shake-ups in the last four months, the Baltimore Police Department is holding to a reform schedule set forward under its consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice, police officials said Monday.

Veteran police understand the advantage of promoting from within - but even that won't reduce murder rate.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has removed Father Luigi Esposito from his post at Our Lady of Pompei in Highlandtown after a parishioner accused him of abuse in the 1970s.

Baltimore won't solve its police leadership woes by recruiting outsiders, it needs to develop homegrown talent.

One man was killed and two others were wounded in separate shootings in Baltimore on Sunday, police said.

Baltimore's next police commissioner must be someone who has experience with Baltimore and managing a large department.

The lawsuit alleges that Ryan Penalver, a history teacher who had worked at St. Frances Academy, used his school email account to prey on a 15-year-old student and to lure her into sexual acts.

Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker on Wednesday became the first Democrat in the race for governor to release a plan tailored to helping Maryland's largest and most-troubled city.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa resigned Tuesday over federal charges for failing to file his tax returns. Here’s what Baltimore leaders are saying about his resignation.

Maryland became the 11th state to ban conversion therapy for LGBT youth on Tuesday as Gov. Larry Hogan signed legislation passed earlier this year. He gave one of the ceremonial bill-signing pens to Del. Meagan Simonaire, a Republican who came out as bisexual and urged colleagues to pass the bill.

As news broke that Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa had resigned, Gov. Larry Hogan was signing into law a bill to launch an investigation into city police corruption. The law creates a commission with subpoena power to probe revelations about the Gun Trace Task Force.

Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa could not have continued as police commissioner. Now Mayor Pugh gets a do-over on the most crucial post in city government.

Maryland’s highest court has upheld the decision of the Baltimore Police Department to fire an officer accused of excessive force.

Ryan Penalver, a 27-year-old history teacher, was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh has placed Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa on paid leave pending the resolution of three federal criminal tax charges against him, she announced Friday.

Federal prosecutors say they have charged Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa with three misdemeanor counts of failing to file federal taxes.

The new chair of a panel tasked with reviewing civilian oversight of Baltimore Police under the city’s consent decree made clear in a letter to city and Justice Department officials on Tuesday that he accepted the position on the condition that his predecessor be allowed to remaining on the board.

Marvin McKenstry will resign from his position as chair of the Community Oversight Task Force, the organization announces in a Facebook post.

A deputy with the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office fatally shot a groundhog in Eldersberg on Sunday, in an incident captured on video that has been widely shared on social media.

Philadelphia police officer Eric Snell asks for pretrial release on charges related to Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force case.

Charles Schneider, along with his wife, will make the trip from their Manchester home Friday to Timonium to honor Jason, and all those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Baltimore’s spending panel on Wednesday approved a $9 million settlement with a man who was wrongfully convicted of murder and spent 20 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared his name a decade ago.

Baltimore's FOP head says the city's top prosecutor hasn't gotten past her distrust of police and that's one reason why crime rates have risen.

A city prosecutor who was fired in February after being accused of leaking information to the corrupt Gun Trace Task Force officers is fighting back, saying she had "no clue" about a federal investigation.

Baltimore state's attorney: Three years ago today, my office brought criminal charges against six police officers in the untimely and unfortunate death of Freddie Gray Jr. I'm often asked to recount the moments that led up to my decision. I knew that nothing would be the same after my announcement.

Baltimore is set to approve a $9 million payout to a man who was wrongfully convicted of rape and murder and spent 20 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared his name.