Tag Archives: Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison

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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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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Baltimore Police Commissioner Harrison on addressing calls for police reform

Posted on May 26, 2021
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
"Many of the suggestions that we made came from Baltimore's consent decree," said Commissioner Harrison. "We have the most progressive and comprehensive and expansive consent decree in all of America."
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Baltimore Sun: What Brandon Scott faces as Baltimore’s next mayor: a pandemic, budget woes and crime-weary residents hoping for change

Posted on November 9, 2020
Baltimore City Hall
Donald C. Fry, president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, said he is eager for Scott to work closely with the police commissioner to reduce violent crime.
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Baltimore Sun: Police Commissioner Harrison discusses ‘squeegee kids’ and his 5-year crime plan with Baltimore’s business leaders

Posted on March 5, 2020
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison pushed back March 4 on calls for increased police pressure on the city’s so-called squeegee kids while telling city business leaders about his five-year crime plan.
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Baltimore Business Journal: Why Baltimore’s police commissioner takes officers to the Center Club each month

Posted on March 5, 2020
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
Every month, Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison takes a group of about 20 of his officers to the Center Club for a meal.
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The Daily Record: Harrison seeks to reassure business leaders of progress in reducing crime

Posted on March 5, 2020
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison sought to reassure business leaders that police are making inroads into reducing the violent crime that has wracked the city for the past five years on March 4.
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Statement of Donald C. Fry, President and CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee, on Baltimore Police Response to Aerial Surveillance Planes

Posted on December 20, 2019
The GBC commends Commissioner Harrison for his thoughtful and deliberative approach in developing a program that takes advantage of enhanced technology.
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Baltimore Business Journal: Baltimore Police Aim to Pilot Spy Plane Starting in May 2020

Posted on December 20, 2019
By Ethan McLeod Dec. 20, 2019 The Baltimore Police Department announced Friday it will return a controversial camera-equipped “spy plane” to the skies, as shootings and murders in the city are unrelenting heading into the new year. “We will be the first American city to use this technology in an...
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