![]() It also forces the police commissioner and city leaders to seek Maryland General Assembly approval for the sorts of internal overhauls - such as redrawing police district maps, which haven’t been updated since the 1950s - that other jurisdictions handle with council actions. The city handles the department’s budget, and the mayor holds the power to hire and fire the police commissioner.īut its status as a state agency leaves the council without the authority to regulate the department directly, a factor that played into a power struggle over the implementation of body cameras, for instance. ![]()
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