Under consent decree, Baltimore Police implement 14 policies

OFFICERS ARE UNDERGOINGMULTIPLE TRAININGS TO INCREASESAFETY AND COMMUNITYRELATIONS.

WMAR 2 NEWSDETLING HAS MORE ON THEANNOUNCEMENT FROM OUTSIDEPOLICE HEADQUARTERS.TODAY BALTIMORE CITY POLICEANNOUNCING THE ROLLOUT OF 14DIFFERENT POLICIES TO BETTERHELP FIGHT CRIMEHOPING TO REBUILD COMMUNITYSUPPORT AND RELATIONS.

Thisweek we implemented our newstops searches interestspolicies which provide thefoundation for constitutionaland effective policing.BALTIMORE CITY POLICECOMMISSIONER MICHAEL HARRISONANNOUNCING NEW DEPARTMENTPOLICIES GOING LIVE IN ANEFFORT TO HELP FIGHT CRIME ANDBUILD PUBLIC TRUST.

ITPART OF CONTINUEDIMPLEMENTATION OF THE CICONSENT DECREE.

To be clear,these policies do not handcuffour police officers, quite theopposite, our new policies andtraining guide our officers.PART OF OF IMPLEMENTATIONINCLUDES 11 TOPIC AREASINCLUDING FAIR AND IMPARTIALPOLICING.

AND PER THEDEPARTMENT ALL OFFICERS WILLGO THROUGH 6 E- LEARNINGCLASSES THAT WILL PREPARE THEMFOR 16 HOURS OF IN CLASSTRAINING TO HELP THEM WHEN OUTIN COMMUNITIES.

OFFICER HASGONE THROUGH TRAINING AND SAIHEhad some experiences on thestreets where I had citizensobserving the actions thatIAt the end of the incidentthey come to me and sayofficer you did an outstandingjob.

WHILE THE DEPARTMENTIMPLEMENTATIONS HAVE GONE LIVEMANAGEMENT SYSTEMTRANSFORMATION OF BPD WILLCONTINUE TO BE OVERSEEN BY ABPD MONITORING TEAM.

IN ASTATEMENT IT SAID IN PART: BPDmy show that itand training or having ameasurable, tangible impact onthe streetÃthat its officersare treating community memberswith respect and caring outtheir core enforcement dutiesfairly and constitutionally.MAYOR SCOTT AND HISADMINISTRATION REITERATED ITSCOMMITMENT TO THE CONSENDECREE.

This is not an eitheror for me.

Being fullycommitted to improving Thedepartment is the very thingthat will enable our officersto do their work effectivelyto reduce violence in ourcityMAYOR SAYS HE PLANS TO HOLDQUARTERLY PUBLIC CONSENTDECREE UPDATES WITH BPD.

ASFOR THE MONITORING TEAMIS ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENT.WE HAVE THE APPRPRIATE LINKSON OUR WEBSITE.

IN BALTIMORECITY, DAVE DETLING, WMAR 2News.TonightA chance of rain andsnow before 7pm, then sno