Police commissioner is a senior rank in many police forces of the world. In other jurisdictions,it is the title of a member of an oversight board.
The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department of the city of Baltimore,Maryland. Dating back to 1784,the BPD,consisting of 2,935 employees in 2020,is organized into nine districts covering 80.9 square miles (210 km2) of land and 11.1 square miles (29 km2) of waterways. The department is sometimes referred to as the Baltimore City Police Department to distinguish it from the Baltimore County Police Department.
The Berkeley Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department for the city of Berkeley,California,United States.
The Howard County Police Department (HCPD) is the primary law enforcement agency servicing 330,558 (20202) persons within the 254 square miles (660 km2) of Howard County,Maryland.
Frederick H. Bealefeld III is an American former police officer who served as commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department from 2007 to 2012.
Kevin Clark is a former commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department,who held the position from early 2003 until November 2004. A former NYPD officer,Clark's term as police commissioner was strained with both the mayor and police department as Clark was involved in domestic issues and an unpopular turnover of veteran officers such as former Major Gary D'Addario. He was fired by then-mayor Martin O'Malley,resulting in a lawsuit in which he sought $120 million in damages and fought to get back his job. O'Malley's justification for the firing had been that these accusations were distracting to his duties as a commissioner.
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is a law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland,California,United States. As of May 2021,the department employed 709 sworn officers and 371 civilian employees. The department is divided into 5 geographical divisions policing Oakland's 78 square miles and population of 420,000. The OPD receives 550,000 annual calls for service,and responds to over 250,000 law enforcement incidents.
The United States police-rank model is generally quasi-military in structure. A uniform system of insignia based on that of the US Army and Marine Corps is used to help identify an officer's seniority.
Adrian Schoolcraft is a former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who secretly recorded police conversations from 2008 to 2009. He brought these tapes to NYPD investigators in October 2009 as evidence of corruption and wrongdoing within the department. The tapes were used as evidence of arrest quotas leading to police abuses such as wrongful arrests,and that emphasis on fighting crime sometimes resulted in under-reporting of crimes to artificially deflate CompStat numbers.
Lai Jean Quan is an American politician who was the 49th mayor of Oakland,California from 2011 to 2015. She previously served as City Council member for Oakland's 4th District. Upon inauguration on January 3,2011,she became Oakland's first female mayor. Quan ran an unsuccessful campaign for reelection in 2014,losing the mayoral race to Libby Schaaf,a member of the Oakland City Council.
Delphine Allen et al. v. City of Oakland was a civil rights lawsuit in Federal District Court regarding police misconduct in Oakland,California which has resulted in ongoing Federal oversight. Plaintiffs alleged mistreatment at the hands of four veteran officers,known as the "Riders",who were alleged to have kidnapped,planted evidence,and beaten citizens. Plaintiffs also alleged that the Oakland Police Department (OPD) turned a blind eye to police misconduct.
The American city of Baltimore,Maryland,is notorious for its crime rate,which ranks well above the national average. Violent crime spiked in 2015 after the death of Freddie Gray on April 19,2015,which touched off riots and an increase in murders. The city recorded 348 homicides in 2019,a number second only to the number recorded in 1993 when the population was nearly 125,000 higher.
The Chief of the Oakland Police Department is an office held by the executive head and highest-ranking officer of the Oakland Police Department. The chief was first established in 1853. The chief manages and oversees the planning,development and implementation of all law enforcement and crime prevention programs for the City. She provides leadership,vision and direction to the Department and its command staff and promotes collaboration,communication and coordination with other city agencies and community organizations.
In 2010,due to escalating gang activity and high crime rates in Oakland,California,the Oakland city attorney's office under John Russo sought gang injunctions in Oakland against multiple gangs,with the first coming into effect in May of that year. A second injunction was sought from 2010 to 2012,with a preliminary injunction approved in June 2011 and the full injunction approved in February 2012. A gang injunction is a court-issued restraining order that prohibits named gang members from participating in a variety of specified activities. The injunctions were controversial,with opponents citing concerns about their high costs and the possibility of civil rights violations,while proponents felt that the city had not adequately supported the injunctions. In 2015,city attorney Barbara Parker dsmissed both injunctions.
James McDonnell is the former sheriff of Los Angeles County. McDonnell was elected as L.A. County's 32nd sheriff on November 4,2014,defeating former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka. He replaced interim sheriff John Scott on December 1,2014. Scott replaced former sheriff Lee Baca. Previously,McDonnell served as the Chief of Police in Long Beach,California and before that in the Los Angeles Police Department. McDonnell was defeated in 2018 by Alex Villanueva.
On April 12,2015,Freddie Carlos Gray Jr.,a 25-year-old African American,was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department over his legal possession of a knife. While in police custody,Gray sustained fatal injuries and was taken to the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center. Gray died on April 19,2015;his death was ascribed to injuries to his cervical spinal cord.
On April 12,2015,Baltimore Police Department officers arrested Freddie Gray,a 25-year-old African American resident of Baltimore,Maryland. Gray's neck and spine were injured while he was in a police vehicle and he went into a coma. On April 18,there were protests in front of the Western district police station. Gray died on April 19.
Rex Richardson is an American politician from California who has served as the mayor of Long Beach,California since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Richardson previously served as a councilmen of the Long Beach City Council,representing the 9th District From 2014 until 2022.
Kevin Davis is an American police officer. He first served as the police chief of the Prince George's County Police Department and Anne Arundel County Police Department between 1992 and 2014. After resigning as the police chief of the latter law enforcement agency,he became the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department in 2015,selected by then-Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to replace Anthony Batts. He served as the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department until his departure in January 2018 as crime rates increased. Three years later,in 2021,he was named the police chief of the Fairfax County Police Department.
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