City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0311R

• File #: 16-0311R
• Version: 0
• Name: Baltimore Police Department - Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention System
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 7/18/2016
• In control: Public Safety Committee
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Baltimore Police Department - Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention System For the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Department to expand its Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention System to include retraining officers from each district who have been flagged for intervention in the areas of use of force continuum, citizen interaction, and de-escalation techniques.
• Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Robert Curran, Carl Stokes, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Baltimore City, Internal Affairs, Intervention, Police Department, Warning

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/5/2016	0	City Council	Adopted
12/5/2016	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably
11/22/2016	0	Public Safety Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
10/24/2016	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
7/21/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
7/18/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

Introduced by: Councilmember Scott



A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Baltimore Police Department - Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention System
For the purpose of requesting the Baltimore Police Department to expand its Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention System to include retraining officers from each district who have been flagged for intervention in the areas of use of force continuum, citizen interaction, and de-escalation techniques.
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Recitals

As a part of its 2014 Preventing Harm plan the Baltimore Police Department instituted an Early Warning Intervention System for Police Officers who frequently receive complaints against them from citizens.

This system is a part of many changes to the Internal Affairs process that also includes adding more detectives to Internal Affairs and the forthcoming changes around the sharing of Internal Affairs Data. However, as the Baltimore Police Department moves forward in its efforts to repair citizen trust and adjust to a new 21st Century form of policing it is imperative that it keeps pushing the envelope on all fronts, including self-accountability.

Improving the Early Warning Intervention System to include retraining officers flagged for the intervention would prove to be another step in improving policing in Baltimore and ensuring the safety of Baltimore’s Police Officers and our citizens, which is the chief responsibility of the Baltimore Police Department.

Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of Baltimore, That the Council respectfully requests the Baltimore Police Department to expand its Internal Affairs Early Warning Intervention Sy...