Controversy
Law enforcement officers and paramedics regularly encounter profoundly agitated patients and need the medications to treat those patients as well as the support of their organizations
“I will take every resource out of the academy … I will not allow another potential probationary police officer to be part of this academy,” a Bloomingdale PD official said
The oversight board has faced friction since it published a report last year that suggested discipline for an officer who was killed months prior
The thin blue line flag was donated by State Capitol Police to honor law enforcement officers
The controversy is occurring as Baltimore is under a federal consent decree mandating sweeping police reforms
A Confederate flag on police patches is at the center of a heated debate