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Body camera footage released in Salisbury police-involved fatal shooting
The Maryland Attorney General's Office released body-worn camera footage from a fatal Salisbury police shooting.
Judge’s footnote on immigration agents using AI raises accuracy and privacy concerns
A federal judge warns that immigration agents used AI to draft use-of-force reports, raising concerns about accuracy and privacy.
Interior Department to require body cams for law enforcement
The U.S. Interior Department launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.
Bodycam footage released of shooting inside Maryland home
Maryland officials released body-camera footage that shows an officer fatally shoot a knife-wielding man after he refused to drop his weapon.
Baltimore County agrees to pay $6.5M in fatal police shooting
Baltimore County has agreed to pay $6.5 million to the family of a man fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop on an interstate highway two years […]
Howard County to fund body-worn camera program for police
Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Monday announced plans to file a budget amendment releasing county funding for the body-worn camera program.
Md. Senate passes police reform proposals; attention shifts to House
The Maryland Senate on Wednesday passed police reform proposals to curtail excessive force, limit no-knock warrants, prevent departments from acquiring military equipment, mandate body cameras, make the police disciplinary process […]
Court affirms conviction for staged evidence find caught on body cam
An appeals court has upheld the conviction of a Baltimore Police Department officer whose controversial reenactment of an evidence find was captured on his body worn camera in 2017. Richard […]
Deputies with a Maryland sheriff’s office to get body cameras
A sheriff's office in Maryland has announced that it plans to put body cameras on all their deputies, starting with those in the Domestic Violence Unit.
Baltimore grand jury indicts officer involved in controversial body camera incident
A Baltimore city grand jury has indicted a police officer on charges of tampering with or fabricating evidence and misconduct in office based on body worn camera footage that surfaced last year […]
ACLU seeks body camera footage from police working Suiter scene
The ACLU of Maryland is requesting body camera footage from officers working the perimeter during the cordon of the Baltimore neighborhood where a police detective was fatally shot last month. […]
Baltimore police body camera policy hailed as ‘bright spot’ in national report
Baltimore police department's body worn camera program was praised, but policies that allow officers to review footage before writing reports continue to be criticized.
