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The First Year of Change Under the Consent Decree

Published: Jan. 10, 2018, 4:28 p.m.

After Justice Department concluded the Baltimore Police Department had routinely violated citizens’ rights, Justice and the city last year agreed on set of reforms, to be enforced by federal Judge James Bredar. He named a team to monitor police progress toward reforms, and that monitoring team has unveiled its plan for what the BPD needs to do, when. The principal deputy monitor, former Washington police chief Charles Ramsey, describes the process ahead.