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A day after bodycam footage that appear a Baltimore Police officer planting drugs made national news, Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby called a

The Baltimore Police Department is investigating three cops who submitted body camera video that seemed to show them manipulating evidence in a drug case

Baltimore police and prosecutors have launched investigations after being alerted to body camera footage that the public defender's office says shows an officer planting drugs. 

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Baltimore's proposed mandatory minimum sentence for gun possession is a shortsighted attempt to curb violence through incarceration.

Baltimore's violence justifies proposed toughening of gun laws.

Not long after a bill proposing mandatory minimums for gun charges was announced, people came out against it.

The push for enhanced mandatory minimum sentences for Baltimore gun offenders has intuitive appeal, but let's check the data before rushing into anything.

Baltimore leaders on Friday proposed a mandatory sentence for illegal gun possession in the city.

City Councilman's anti-police rhetoric goes too far

Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh and Police Commissioner Kevin Davis on Thursday touted an increase in the rate of homicides solved but said new technology and stricter prison sentencing are needed.

Recent upgrades to the Western District police station in Baltimore are all part of a $4.5 million renovation of the building unveiled Wednesday by city officials, top police brass, community leaders and the various nonprofit and business executives who made the work possible through a generous public-private partnership.

Calling it an example of the city's efforts to tackle rising crime, Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis and others on Tuesday announced a federal

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis took issue with online comments made by City Councilman Ryan Dorsey on Wednesday, in which Dorsey criticized officers who live outside of the city.

Does it really come down to the judges? Should blame for repeat felons with access to guns and the temperament to use them be laid at the feet of the men and women in robes?

As her city deals with a record-setting homicide rate, Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh on Monday held a strategy session with Maryland's governor on how to address violence.

A group of men based in West Baltimore's Sandtown neighborhood have been indicted in U.S. District Court with being part of a criminal organization that

As the homicide rate in Baltimore approaches historic highs, Maryland's governor said millions the state invested in the city and "it hasn't really worked."

Baltimore Police have charged a suspect in the killing of the brother of the department's lead spokesman.

Since December, West Texas oilman Chris Hicks has sent Kids Safe Zone checks totaling $120,000, making him the center's largest source of funding in its precarious second year of operation.

The 23-year-old man shot by police during a foot chase through Curtis Bay on Tuesday night had pointed a gun at an officer at close range before he was shot, according to area surveillance and officer body camera footage released by police Thursday.

A 23-year-old man who was shot by Baltimore Police in Curtis Bay on Tuesday night remained in critical condition on Wednesday, police said.

Baltimore police said there was a police-involved shooting Tuesday night in Curtis Bay.

A Baltimore Police officer discharged their weapon Tuesday morning, police spokesman T.J. Smith said on Twitter.

The union that represents rank-and-file police officers in Baltimore said Wednesday that the police department has no longterm plan to address the city's current "crime crisis," so it will be meeting directly with community members, business leaders and elected officials to discuss solutions.

During his presidential campaign last year, Donald J. Trump frequently called out Baltimore's struggle with violence, describing it as "out of control" as he vowed to "get rid of the crime" in cities across the nation.

Because of vacation and a holiday, this week's Murder Ink covers three weeks from May 30 through June 19. The first two were quiet weeks, by Baltimore

If putting every available cop on patrol helped give Baltimore a quiet week, that's great, but what are we going to do the other 51 weeks a year?

Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Monday that the special weeklong deployment of more police officers in Baltimore last week was a success, and showed that "when we have police officers in uniform on the streets of Baltimore, it does have an impact on the violence."

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis canceled all scheduled leave for officers this Saturday in order to meet the demands of the department's latest violence strategy while simultaneously providing a strong public safety presence at this weekend's Pride festivities, officials said Thursday.

Baltimore Police identified several recent homicide victims on Wednesday, after a spate of shootings left six dead in less than 24 hours.

Five people were killed and at least two others wounded in four separate incidents in Baltimore late Monday night and early Tuesday morning, prompting Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis to schedule an afternoon news conference to announce his department's response.

After a relatively quiet two weeks in which only 10 Baltimoreans had been murdered, five more homicides happened overnight Monday, including a double-murder in

Baltimore activists projected mass incarceration documentary the 13th on Baltimore jail

Facing a surging homicide rate, Mayor Catherine Pugh is calling on everyone in Baltimore to do more.

Wednesday column suggesting expansion of the Safe Streets anti-violence program in Baltimore.

Police and prosecutors in Baltimore asked for the public's help Monday in locating six of 14 individuals still on the loose after being indicted on drug

After Keisha Peaks' boyfriend was shot to death on a street in Reservoir Hill, she tried to be honest with their 8-year-old son. But as he asked probing

Police said a federal agent shot a man Friday afternoon who tried to hold him up with a revolver while he and two other agents were sitting inside a pickup

If Freddie Gray officers violated departmental policies, they should be told so, not fired or penalized

The public will better trust the disciplinary hearings for the officers involved in Freddie Gray's arrest if Chief Davis selects trial board members from other police agencies.

The Baltimore Police Department has brought internal charges against five officers involved in the Freddie Gray case, and three of them face termination

The Preakness Stakes, Maryland's biggest and splashiest party, returned Saturday even as wistful fans in a record crowd of 140,327 wondered whether they were

Homeland carjacking receives close attention from City Hall but what about the rest of the city?

Chris Roberson, who last month went above and beyond the call of good citizenship to demand a wallet from a guy who had robbed an elderly man at Lexington

A Baltimore judge on Monday sentenced Gregg Thomas to life plus 35 years behind bars — the maximum sentence allowed — for the 2014 shooting of Sgt. Keith Mcneill, concluding a years-long court battle that included four trials.

Baltimore's City Council president said Monday that he and fellow council members are revving up to fight for more community and youth program funding.

Public interest is badly served by protections that shield an administrative investigation into Freddie Gray's death.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis led the evacuation of a banquet hall Friday morning after a man who had threatened to hurt himself had placed trash bags under tables, officials said.

On a recent afternoon, about 50 of Baltimore's highest-ranking police officers took their seats in a windowless room on the third floor of police headquarters downtown and turned their attention to the latest city crime data, which has been bleeding red from upticks in violence.