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Commissioner Of The Baltimore Police Department
Since 1920, the Baltimore Police Department has been led by a single commissioner. Prior to this, it was led by a multi-member board of commissioners. Commissioners of the Baltimore Police Department Presidents of the Board of Police Commissioners Before 1920, the department was led by a multi-member Board of Police Commissioners. This board was led by a president. Police commissioners since 1920 Board of Commissioners membership (1850–1920) Timeline List of members by name The following is a list of all of those who served as members of the former board of commissioners. Periods as board president are also noted in itallics: *Daniel C. Ammidon (April 4, 1912–1920) –''president December 28, 1914–March 22, 1916'' *Alfred J. Carr (June 25, 1886–January 23, 1888) *James E. Carr (March 1867–March 15, 1871) *C. Baker Clotworthy (May 2, 1910–April 4, 1912) *George Colton (Maryland politician), George Colton (March 15, 1881–March 15, 1887) -''president March 15, 188 ...
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Baltimore Police Department
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 of land and of waterways. The department is sometimes referred to as the Baltimore City Police Department to distinguish it from the Baltimore County Police Department. History Foundation to the 1840s The first attempt to establish professional policing in Baltimore was in 1784, nearly 60 years after the founding of the colonial town and eight years after United States independence. The city authorized a night watch and a force of day constables to enforce town laws. Nightwatchman George Workner was the first law enforcement officer to be killed in the city; he was stabbed during an escape attempt by nine inmates at Baltimore City Jail on March 14, 1808. The department was founded in its current form (with uniforms and firearms) in 1853 by the Maryland st ...
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Kurt Schmoke
Kurt Lidell Schmoke (born December 1, 1949) is an American politician and lawyer who was the 47th mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, from 1987 to 1999, the first African American to be elected to the post. He is the current president of the University of Baltimore and former dean of the Howard University School of Law. Early years Schmoke was born and raised in Baltimore to Murray Schmoke, a civilian chemist for the US Army, and Irene B. Reid, a social worker. He attended the public schools of Baltimore. High school Schmoke attended the Baltimore City College, the third oldest high school in the United States, and graduated in 1967. Schmoke excelled in both football and lacrosse and he was a star quarterback. As the varsity quarterback, he led the City Knights to two undefeated seasons and successive Maryland Scholastic Association A-conference championships in 1965 and 1966. As a student, Schmoke was a member of the Baltimore City College "A-course", a college preparatory curricu ...
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Michael S
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Catherine Pugh
Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American former politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore from 2016 to 2019, when she resigned amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges, three years in prison, and three years probation. Pugh became involved in Maryland politics in 1999, when she was elected to the Baltimore City Council. She also held office in the Maryland House of Delegates and the Maryland Senate, serving as the Majority Leader from 2015 to 2016. She first ran for Baltimore mayor in 2011 and lost the primary to Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Pugh ran again in 2016 and won the primary against former Mayor Sheila Dixon. Pugh then won the mayoral election on November 8, 2016, with 57% of the popular vote, and took office on December 6, 2016. She was Baltimore's third consecutive female mayor. In April 2019, Pugh announced she was taking an indefinite leave of absence to recover from pneumonia. The announce ...
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Kevin Davis (34530898564) (1)
Kevin Davis may refer to: * Kevin Davis (rugby union) (born 1986), rugby union player * Kevin Davis (gymnast) (born 1966), American Olympic gymnast * Kevin Davis (politician), mayor of Brantford, Ontario * Kevin Davis (Gaelic footballer), Irish Gaelic football player * Kevin Davis (ATWT), a character in the US television soap opera ''As The World Turns'' * Kevin Davis (author), author of ''The Brain Defense'', see Helen S. Mayberg * Kevin Davis, Blue Angels pilot killed in the 2007 Blue Angels South Carolina crash * Kevin Davis, engineer in the recording industry (see 46th Grammy Awards The 46th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2004 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California honoring the best in music for the recording of the year beginning from October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003. They recognized ac ...) * Colonel Kevin A. Davis, pleaded guilty to taking bribes, see Cockerham bribery case See also * Kevin Davies (other) {{hndis, ...
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Anthony Batts
Anthony W. Batts (born 1960) is an American law enforcement officer who served as the chief of three different police departments in the United States: The Long Beach, California Police Department, the Oakland, California Police Department, and the Baltimore, Maryland Police Department. Early life and education Batts was born in Washington D.C. and lived there until he was 5 years old when his family relocated to San Francisco and then several years later Los Angeles. He grew up in South Los Angeles . Batts has earned a Doctorate in Public Administration, a Master in Business Management, and a Bachelor of Science in Law Enforcement Administration. Career 2000s Batts was chief of police for the Californian cities of Oakland and Long Beach. He worked in the Long Beach Police Department for 27 years, rising to Chief of Police in 2002. Under Batts, homicides decreased 45% and overall crime decreased 13% in Long Beach. The drop in violent crime rate in the city was the lowest in n ...
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake (born March 17, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 50th Mayor of Baltimore from 2010 to 2016, the second woman to hold that office. She has also served as secretary of the Democratic National Committee and as president of the United States Conference of Mayors. Early life Born Stephanie Cole Rawlings on March 17, 1970, in Baltimore City, Maryland, to Nina Rawlings (née Cole) and Pete Rawlings, Rawlings-Blake grew up in the city's Ashburton neighborhood. Her mother is a retired pediatrician and her father is a former member of the Maryland House of Delegates, where he represented the 40th district, Baltimore City. She had two siblings: one brother, brother Wendell Rawlings and one sister, Lisa Rawlings. Education Rawlings-Blake attended Western High School, the oldest public all-girls high school in the United States. In 1984, she was elected vice president of her class. She graduated in 1988. Rawlings-Blake attended Ober ...
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Frederick H
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Sheila Dixon
Sheila Ann Dixon (born December 27, 1953) is an American politician who served as the forty-eighth mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When the former mayor, Martin O'Malley, was sworn in as governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, the president of the Baltimore City Council, served out the remaining year of his term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor. She was the first African-American woman to serve as president of the City Council, Baltimore's first female mayor, and Baltimore's third black mayor. On January 9, 2009, Dixon was indicted on twelve felony and misdemeanor counts, including perjury, theft, and misconduct. The charges stem partly from incidents in which she allegedly misappropriated gift cards intended for the poor. On December 1, 2009, the jury returned a "guilty" verdict on one misdemeanor count of fraudulent misappropriation and Dixon received probation provided she resign as mayor as part of a plea agreement, effective February 4, 2010. She was succeeded by the City ...
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Leonard Hamm
Leonard Hamm is a former commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department who served as the head of the department from 2004 to 2007. Biography Hamm grew up in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood, attended Baltimore City College and joined the department in 1974. He would eventually rise to the rank of Lieutenant and then Major under former commissioner Thomas Frazier, becoming the Baltimore Police Department's first African American officer to command the Central District. With a rising homicide rate, departmental personnel problems and a mayoral election approaching, Hamm was asked to resign by Mayor Sheila Dixon in the summer of 2007. Hamm was succeeded by Deputy Commissioner for Operations Frederick H. Bealefeld III, a 26-year veteran of the force. Hamm worked as the Chief of Campus Police at Coppin State University Coppin State University (Coppin) is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a m ...
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Leonard Hamm (2007) (1)
Leonard Hamm is a former commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department who served as the head of the department from 2004 to 2007. Biography Hamm grew up in Baltimore's Cherry Hill neighborhood, attended Baltimore City College and joined the department in 1974. He would eventually rise to the rank of Lieutenant and then Major under former commissioner Thomas Frazier, becoming the Baltimore Police Department's first African American officer to command the Central District. With a rising homicide rate, departmental personnel problems and a mayoral election approaching, Hamm was asked to resign by Mayor Sheila Dixon in the summer of 2007. Hamm was succeeded by Deputy Commissioner for Operations Frederick H. Bealefeld III, a 26-year veteran of the force. Hamm worked as the Chief of Campus Police at Coppin State University Coppin State University (Coppin) is a public historically black university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is part of the University System of Maryland and a membe ...
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Kevin P
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant '' Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of t ...
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