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TexasTowelie

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Sun Oct 17, 2021, 01:28 AM Oct 2021

In Maryland, police no longer investigate themselves after deadly shootings. Here's how cases are

In Maryland, police no longer investigate themselves after deadly shootings. Here’s how cases are being handled.


When a 26-year-old man pursued by police crashed his vehicle in Baltimore County and died, a detective from a new division in the Maryland attorney general’s office, along with members of the state police crash team, was dispatched to the scene.

Two days later, on Oct. 11, investigators from the Independent Investigations Division again headed to Baltimore County, this time after a county officer shot and killed a man who police said was wanted in connection with an early morning robbery at a 7-Eleven.

The cases are the first test for the unit, which along with Maryland State Police, now investigates all deadly uses of force by officers across the state. The change took effect Oct. 1 and is part of a package of police reforms the General Assembly passed this year.

“The reception has generally been really positive. The law enforcement agencies recognize the need for this legislation,” Dana Mulhauser, chief of the division, said in an interview Tuesday.

Read more: https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-md-cr-ag-investigative-unit-first-cases-20211015-neuuephmujduxdegl5bokd4kuy-story.html
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In Maryland, police no longer investigate themselves after deadly shootings. Here's how cases are (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Seems like a good idea. calimary Oct 2021 #1
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