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Community presses council for immediate action after three police-involved deaths; council schedules fuller review
Summary
At a Public Safety Committee hearing, community members and oversight chairs urged faster responses to police-involved fatalities and better crisis response for behavioral-health incidents. Council leaders acknowledged the concern and said a broader committee-of-the-whole hearing is being planned to examine the recent deaths and related systems.
Baltimore — Public comment at a City Council Public Safety Committee hearing on police accountability turned to three recent police-involved deaths that have increased public pressure for immediate reform and improved behavioral-health responses.
Council Chair Mark Conway opened the hearing noting that three city residents — identified in committee remarks as Mr. Abdullah, Ms. Clark Brooks and Mr. Milton — died in encounters with police and that a separate investigation is under way by the Baltimore Police Department’s Special Investigations Response Team and the Maryland attorney general’s office. Conway said the city “mourn[s] those loss(es) and we pray for the wounded officer,” and emphasized the hearing’s focus on systemic investigatory processes while acknowledging that another hearing will address crisis…
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