Baltimore fires police commissioner who failed to curb murder rate

Saturday, 20 January 2018 (3 hours ago)
Baltimore fires police commissioner who failed to curb murder rate

(Reuters) - Baltimore's mayor, citing a lack of progress in curbing violent crime in a city that had a historic murder rate last year, on Friday fired the city's police commissioner and named a 30-year veteran of the department to lead it.

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Baltimore’s mayor, citing a lack of progress in curbing violent crime in a city that had a historic murder rate last year, on Friday fired the city’s police commissioner and named a 30-year veteran of the department to lead it. Mayor Catherine Pugh named Darryl DeSousa, 53, as the new...