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Baltimore police report consent-decree milestones and continued declines in homicides
Summary
Commissioner Worley told the Public Safety Committee that three consent-decree sections became fully compliant in January 2025 and additional areas entered sustainability periods; he highlighted 133 homicides last year and early 2026 metrics showing modest year-to-year improvement.
Commissioner Worley told the Baltimore City Public Safety Committee that the police department has reached several compliance milestones under its federal consent decree and is continuing to see overall crime improvements.
"We had 3 more sections of the consent decree that became full and effective compliant as of January 2025," Worley said, naming First Amendment-protected activity, the community oversight task force and coordination with Baltimore City Schools as the newly compliant sections, and reminding the committee that prisoner transport and officer assistance and wellness had earlier been returned to…
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