Attorney General Loretta Lynch, along with Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division, and Director Ron Davis of the Community Oriented Policing Services Office, or COPS, announced that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Baltimore Police Department (BPD), pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
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Justice Department Opens Pattern or Practice Investigation into the Baltimore Police Department
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Attorney General Lynch Announces Investigation into Baltimore Police Department