City of Baltimore - File #: 13-0136R

• File #: 13-0136R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Death of Tyrone West in Police Custody
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Withdrawn
• File created: 11/18/2013
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 1/11/2016
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Death of Tyrone West in Police Custody FOR the purpose of calling on the Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to explain the reasons behind the abnormally long time being taken to determine the cause of Tyrone West’s death in police custody on July 18th, and to inform the City Council of the current status of the investigation into this disturbing incident.
• Sponsors: Bill Henry, Warren Branch, Sharon Green Middleton, Carl Stokes, Edward Reisinger, President Young, Nick Mosby, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/11/2016	0	City Council	Withdrawn
7/21/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Worksession
6/15/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/30/2015	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/16/2014	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
11/21/2013	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
11/18/2013	0	City Council	Introduced
11/18/2013	0	City Council	Assigned
11/18/2013	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmembers Henry and Branch



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Death of Tyrone West in Police Custody

FOR the purpose of calling on the Police Department and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to explain the reasons behind the abnormally long time being taken to determine the cause of Tyrone West’s death in police custody on July 18th, and to inform the City Council of the current status of the investigation into this disturbing incident.
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Recitals

Exactly four months ago today, Tyrone Antonio West died in police custody. Beyond that, there is little certainty as to what exactly transpired on July 18th, 2013.

Witness and police accounts agree that there was an altercation involving Mr. West and multiple City police officers following a traffic stop on that date. Accounts vary about the nature of the altercation, and no clear picture has emerged about what caused the unspecified “medical distress” that police say led to Mr. West’s death.

In the months since his death, the officers involved in the incident have been suspended, and the Police Department’s leadership has vowed to get to the bottom of what happened. But no police findings have yet been released. And the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has so far failed to announce a cause of death. The West family has been left with no more information th...