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Resident raises concern about Civilian Review Board transition and Johns Hopkins police oversight
Summary
A speaker said the city’s civilian review structure is changing after state legislation and warned Johns Hopkins University’s planned police force must be subject to independent civilian review; the mayor replied that a new statewide model board is being implemented.
A Baltimore resident and longtime police-oversight advocate raised alarms at Taxpayer Night about the city’s civilian review process and the oversight of any university police force operating in the city.
Joan Floyd testified that she had attended recent meetings where she was told the city’s Civilian Review Board is not accepting new cases and that the board was effectively being replaced. Floyd also said that Johns Hopkins University cannot legally operate a police force in Baltimore without independent civilian review of its officers’ misconduct.
Mayor Brandon Scott responded from the dais and said the transition Floyd described follows legislation adopted in Annapolis that established a new statewide model for civilian oversight. He said the city has sworn in officials to a new body that will perform the oversight role under the new law.
Floyd also noted that the General Assembly did not indemnify the city for actions of a Johns Hopkins Police Department — an item she said requires close attention from city officials.
