Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Justice Dept. Seeks Pause on Agreement With Baltimore Police

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department late Monday asked a federal judge for more time to "review and assess" a proposed agreement to overhaul the Baltimore police department, saying it needed to determine how it might conflict with the crime-fighting agenda of new Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

The government's request for a 90-day continuance came three days before a scheduled hearing before a federal judge, and just hours after Sessions announced he had ordered a sweeping review of the Justice Department's interactions with local law enforcement, including such court-enforceable improvement plans with troubled police agencies.

It provided an early glimpse of the attorney general's stance on police department oversight and his 
ambivalence about mandating widespread change of local law enforcement agencies. 

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Source: NBCBLK

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