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After decades of secrecy, Maryland might make police disciplinary records public Steve Thompson, The Washington Post March 5, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Marion Gray Hopkins with Coalition of Concerned Mothers speaks during a rally promoting police-accountability legislation on Thursday in Annapolis.Washington Post photo by Bonnie Jo Mount.Show MoreShow Less 2of3Del. Sheila Ruth, D-Baltimore County, gestures in support of activists promoting police-accountability bills on Thurs...

Bill establishes Md. police use of force requirements Search By Jacob Steinberg COLLEGE PARK, Md. (Feb. 12, 2021)—A bill in the Maryland General Assembly would revise police use of force requirements in the state—part of a growing initiative surrounding police reform nationally. Conversations surrounding police reform have intensified with the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, among others, whi...

Bill establishes Md. police use of force requirements By JACOB STEINBERG COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A bill in the Maryland General Assembly would revise police use of force requirements in the state — part of a growing initiative surrounding police reform nationally. Conversations surrounding police reform have intensified with the death of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis, and the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, among others, which sparked protest...

A package of policing overhauls backed by Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones would repeal the state’s Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, ban the use of no-knock search warrants, create an independent agency to investigate police shootings, and outline a statewide use-of-force policy.

The 17-year-old male died at a hospital in Anne Arundel, according to Bowie police.

A teenager who had been shot was found by Maryland State Police in a car in the eastbound lanes of Route 50 near the South River in Anne Arundel County, police...

Updated: 5:59 PM EST Jan 23, 2021 A teenager who is believed to have been shot in Bowie died Saturday at an Anne Arundel County hospital, according to police.Bowie Police Chief John Nesky told WBAL-TV 11s sister station, WRC-TV, that Prince George’s County fire officials received a call shortly before 4 p.m. for a shooting victim being taken by a private vehicle to a hospital.Nesky said officials found the car traveling east on U.S. Route 50 near Rutland Road in Anne Arundel County ...

Bowie leaders had to adjust traditions this year as the pandemic restricts gatherings but they look forward to the new year.