Mayor Brandon Scott officially named Stefanie Mavronis as the new director of the office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement. She formerly served as the office’s chief of staff.

Memo lays out in detail how officers should carry out enforcement for a variety of so-called “quality of life” offenses

The specialized unit charged with implementing the city’s flagship strategy has struggled with high-profile departures and simmering morale problems.

The city is projected to end the year with 275 homicides, if trends continue.

“He took on a very, very challenging job, and he is a true man of honor and integrity,” Gov. Wes Moore said Thursday.

Mayor Brandon Scott will nominate Richard Worley, the deputy commissioner for operations, as interim commissioner and intends to nominate him to the position permanently.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison gave more details about how officers will utilize the ability to cite, or even arrest, people for low-level offenses, during the police budget hearing on Tuesday night.

Six years after the Baltimore Police Department entered a federal consent decree, courtroom relationships have gotten closer, while community input remains sparse.

Nearly every burger in Baltimore is a smashburger. One reporter is pushing back against the trend.

Cedric Elleby has been with the Baltimore Police Department since June 2019.

Wednesday’s discussion touched on unsolved homicides, staffing issues, youth gun violence, the Group Violence Reduction Strategy and a newly proposed arsonist registry.

Six out of every 100 prisoners in Maryland were sentenced when they were under 18 — and 80% of them are Black.

Baltimore’s jails remain deeply broken, especially when it comes to medical and mental health care.

The report is the first study on Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services staffing shortages that had the full collaboration of the union representing correctional officers.

The allegations echo the stories of those who testified before Maryland lawmakers in a push to change policies around how transgender people are treated in Maryland’s prisons and Baltimore jails.

Lester DeShazor said he was doused with so much pepper spray that it looked like “whipped cream” on his face.

Sheriff Chuck Jenkins has gained notoriety for casting himself as part of the “constitutional sheriff” movement that resisted federal authority on COVID-19, election results, and gun policy.

Tensions between the mayor’s public safety office and Roca had delayed a new agreement and cast a shadow over plans to expand the city’s promising anti-violence strategy.

Hall had been preparing for a junior featherweight bout scheduled for April 1 when he was killed on March 23.

Thirty-nine high school-age residents were shot and 11 died in the first three months of this year – the deadliest start to a year for Baltimore teens since at least 2015.