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Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison and Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young announced a $200,000 marketing campaign at a news conference Monday.

By Jessica Anderson

Jul 8, 2019

Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner deserve praise for standing up for the city's migrant community but they have one more step to do.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison Thursday announced the results of a three warrant initiative targeting violent offenders.

By Juliana Kim

Jul 4, 2019

Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner are too soft on undocumented.

There may be a new police strategy for reducing homicides but it's not working yet.

Baltimore police issued a warning that fireworks, sparklers, and celebratory gunfire are illegal at all times.

By Juliana Kim

Jul 3, 2019

Mayor Young and Police Commissioner Harrison declared support for Baltimore's immigrants as they announced a new police policy to not aid ICE.

By Phil Davis

Jul 2, 2019

A four our-month investigation into what Baltimore police call a dangerous gang has led to the arrests of 14 people with more arrests to follow,

By Talia Richman

Jun 28, 2019

We hope that Commissioner Michael Harrison is finally the one able to get a grip on the excessive amount of overtime earned by police officers.

The Baltimore Police union on Wednesday advised its members to begin sharing any feelings of exhaustion with their supervisors — and documenting the response.

By Kevin Rector

Jun 27, 2019

Sean Milton, 27, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder Tuesday, police said in a release Wednesday

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison praises officers' quick reactions and points to adjustments he hopes will help.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 25, 2019

The Baltimore Police Department has implemented a new patrol strategy requiring officers to spend more time in 120 violent “micro-zones” across the city.

By Kevin Rector

Jun 24, 2019

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison thinks plainclothes police can be an effective part of crime fighting; we disagree.

Despite corruption that has sometimes flourished in plainclothes squads, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison says they still have a place.

Police union's harsh and unjustified criticisms of Commissioner Harrison makes the job of reducing city crime all the more difficult.

The issue of police overtime resurfaces with the misconduct case last week against Sgt. Ethan Newberg.

Police said they were sent the photo yesterday. The picture circulating on social media shows an officer in a black patrol car, who appears to be sleeping. 

The last thing that Baltimore needs right now is the FOP leader picking a public fight with the police commissioner.

A dozen internal affairs charges against Baltimore Police officers were dismissed by a circuit court judge because the department filed them too late.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 17, 2019

Baltimore Police Department released footage Friday of an incident between Sgt. Ethan Newberg and a bystander who criticized his police work.

By Lillian Reed

Jun 14, 2019

A bail review hearing Richard S. Barnes is underway, although police have so far filed no charges against the Lyft driver.

Saying that impeding traffic is illegal, Mayor Bernard C. "Jack" Young pledges to develop a plan to address panhandlers and squeegee kids.

By Yvonne Wenger

Jun 12, 2019

A hospital security guard has been charged with impersonating a police officer and raping a Baltimore woman

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 11, 2019

A Northwest Baltimore man who was allegedly assaulted by police has been arrested again — just 24 hours after his initial case came to light.

By Tim Prudente

Jun 11, 2019

Baltimore's police commissioner did the right thing with veteran cop who crossed a line.

Baltimore police commissioner Michael Harrison has ordered the arrest of a sergeant over an incident with a bystander, and the police union has fired back.

The arrest of a police sergeant on misconduct, assault and false imprisonment gives a sense that things might really be changing under Commissioner Harrison.

Sgt. Ethan Newberg, 49, a 24-year Baltimore Police Department officer, is being charged with second-degree assault, false imprisonment and misconduct.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison announced the new policy Wednesday.

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 5, 2019

The Baltimore City Council's demand for a crime plan by Friday seems more like posturing and won't help bring down the crime rates.

Michelle Wilson, an attorney who was hired to serve as a Baltimore Police Department chief, will remain with the attorney general's office

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 4, 2019

Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott called on the police commissioner to deliver a "comprehensive crime plan" by Friday.

By Ian Duncan

Jun 3, 2019

When hundreds of teens showed up at the Inner Harbor Saturday it sparked a debate about crime and African American youth with legitimate concerns from all.

City officials should have chosen one of the high-ranking women in the Baltimore Police Department as commissioner, rather than someone from New Orleans.

Only 16 percent of Baltimore police officers are women. A new recruitment campaign aims to change that - and help heal troubled relations with residents.

By Jessica Anderson

May 24, 2019

Baltimore residents could get paid thousands of dollars for tips on the city’s armed criminals.

By Jessica Anderson

May 23, 2019

Michelle Wilson, the Baltimore Police deputy commissioner whose hiring was announced just two days ago, is not joining the department after all.

By Jessica Anderson

May 23, 2019

The move follows an outcry from Suiter’s family that the unsolved case was being ignored.

One hire, Michelle Wilson, recently publicly disputed Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s account of an incident central to a lawsuit against Mosby.

By Jessica Anderson

May 21, 2019

Fort Worth Police Chief Joel Fitzgerald, a former nominee in Baltimore, was fired amid questions of his “judgment and leadership,” Texas officials announced.

By Jessica Anderson

May 20, 2019

If Baltimore is ever going to clean up its crime problem, it needs to figure out a way once and for all to erase the stop snitching culture.

Baltimore Police on Wednesday arrested students who locked down the Johns Hopkins University main administration building as part of an ongoing protest over the creation of a private police force and the university’s contracts with ICE.

Markiyah Walker, 18, and her son, Chase Meade, were on their way to get crabs when they were shot along with a 1-year-old and two men outside the Busy Bee corner market at South Monroe Street and Ramsay Street in the Carrollton Ridge neighborhood Friday night.

A community reels after a violent weekend in which 18 people were shot; among them were two small children, ages 1 and 2. A total of seven people were killed in three days, including one man who was fatally stabbed. The violence continued Monday as two additional people were shot.

By Jessica Anderson

May 6, 2019

Newly installed as the 51st mayor of Baltimore, Jack Young joined with police commissioner Michael Harrison Sunday to ask residents for information related to Friday's mass shooting that left five injured, including two toddlers.

By Hallie Miller

May 5, 2019

One man was fatally stabbed and another was shot in separate incidents early Saturday morning, according to Baltimore police. The stabbing and shooting followed an especially violent Friday, when 12 people were shot, including two young children in a mass shooting.

By Catherine Rentz

May 4, 2019

Baltimore's 51st mayor — Bernard C. "Jack" Young — spends his first full day on the job in Detroit for an economic development conference. With his phone ringing nonstop, Young said the city government is still fighting crime and council members are "making sure that things are getting done."

By Yvonne Wenger

May 3, 2019

Family members of fallen Baltimore homicide detective Sean Suiter, frustrated that they believe his case has been cast aside, are speaking out and alleging his death could be an “inside job.”

I know new Baltimore Police Commissioner MIchael Harrison just started, but that is not a good excuse for continued high rates of crime.