The Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge #3 has long been an advocate for reform within the Baltimore Police Department (BPD). In 2012, the FOP published a comprehensive report, the Blueprint for Improved Policing. The report called for many of the same reforms being publicly discussed now, such as increased and improved supervisor training, the end of stat-based policing, improved quality of background checks for applicants, support for officers living in the city, and the need for redistricting. In 2018, the FOP became the first police union in the state to approve civilians on officer trial boards.
Month: January 2021
Police: 2 teens shot and killed another teen, then fired at officer investigating killing
Police in Prince George’s County, Maryland, said two teens shot and killed a 16-year-old boy in a vacant apartment Thursday night, and then returned to the scene and shot at an officer who was investigating the killing.
The bullet “narrowly missed” the officer, Prince George’s County police said in a statement Friday.
Support high to keep school resource officers in Prince George’s County
A proposal to remove police officers from schools in Prince George’s County, Maryland, does not seem to have support from the community, according to a survey.
Of the roughly 13,000 people who responded, 82% said that school resource officers are important or very important for maintaining a safe, positive environment in schools.