City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0574

• File #: 07-0574
• Version: 0
• Name: City Property - Naming the Baltimore City Police Department Headquarters to be the Bishop L. Robinson Headquarters
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 1/29/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 3/14/2007
• Enactment #: 07-395
• Title: City Property - Naming the Baltimore City Police Department Headquarters to be the Bishop L. Robinson Headquarters FOR the purpose of naming the Baltimore City Police Department Headquarters, located at 601 East Fayette Street, to be the Bishop L. Robinson Headquarters.
• Sponsors: City Council President (Administration)
• Indexes: City Property - Renaming, Naming, Police HQ

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/14/2007	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
2/26/2007	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
2/26/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably with Amendment
2/26/2007	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor
2/12/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
2/1/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
1/29/2007	0	City Council	Assigned
1/22/2007	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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

Introduced by: The Council President
At the request of: The Administration (Baltimore City Police Department)

A BILL ENTITLED

AN ORDINANCE concerning
Title
City Property - Naming the Baltimore City Police Department Headquarters to be the Bishop L. Robinson Headquarters

FOR the purpose of naming the Baltimore City Police Department Headquarters, located at 601 East Fayette Street, to be the Bishop L. Robinson Headquarters.
Body
BY authority of
Article 5 - Finance, Property, and Procurement
Section 20-2
Baltimore City Code
(Edition 2000)

Recitals

Bishop L. Robinson, the first African American to serve as Police Commissioner of Baltimore City, has had a distinguished career of more than 50 years of service to the citizens of Baltimore and to the citizens of Maryland.

In 1951, he began his law enforcement career as a park police patrolman, and, in 1953, he left the Police Department to work with the federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. After a year, he returned to become a detective on the fledgling narcotics squad. In 1967, he took a position with the training division and began a decade-long rise through the ranks that included command of the Eastern District, the patrol division, and the operations bureau, the Number 2 position in the Police Department at that time. In 1984, he was appointed Police Commissioner, and, in 1987, he was appointed Secretary of Public Safety and Correctional Services for the State of Maryland, a position that he held for 10 years. He also served as the Interim Secretary of Juvenile Justice fro...