Assessment finds Baltimore Police making fewer improper arrests, as wait for police stop data continues
Baltimore Police likely made thousands of unlawful arrests between 2010 and 2015, the U.S. Department of Justice found in its 2016 investigation of the department, which led to a sweeping federal consent decree requiring reforms. Those arrests, according to the Justice Department report, included incidents where officers lacked probable cause or failed to give proper warning — a pattern that ...