An Exclusive Look Inside the Troubled Baltimore City Police Department
It’s clear that policing in America is in crisis. Particularly in my hometown Baltimore, where no less than three separate Federal investigations are currently underway into the patterns and practices of an agency that has made international headlines with the death of Freddie Gray while in their custody earlier this month. The problem is communities like Baltimore and throughout the country need effective policing. And when an agency falters like the Baltimore police department, the community and the cops who serve them suffer. At SpotCrime, I’ve always believed one of the best ways to address any problem, including crime, is transparency. That’s why when investigative reporter Stephen Janis and former Baltimore Homicide Detective Kelvin Sewell approached me about publishing a book in part on the problems inside the BPD, I agreed. The book, Why Do We Kill: The Pathology of Murder in Baltimore, examines policing in Baltimore in all its complexity and challenges. In it,