Tag Archives: Baltimore homicide rate

Don Fry Commentary in The Daily Record: Baltimore police reform is progressing

Posted on June 25, 2021
Police Line Crime Scene
The BPD is making strides to turn silos into bridges and aiming to build trust and legitimacy over time through the reforms called for in the Consent Decree. It is progress that is needed and long overdue.
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The Daily Record: Baltimore police leader urges reformers to move carefully

Posted on May 27, 2021
Commissioner Harrison
Baltimore City Police Commissioner Michael Harrison cautioned that calls for defunding or dramatically reforming the police department need to be tempered with realistic expectations about how to maintain important services.
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Statement of Donald C. Fry, President & CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, on discussion on police reform with Commissioner Michael Harrison

Posted on May 26, 2021
Commissioner Harrison and his leadership team are to be commended for their steady efforts to reform the police department, build trust and accountability in communities and get guns off the street.
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