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Press Conference Announcing BPD Investigation

Friday, May 8, 2015

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.  

Statement:

Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Delivers Remarks at a Press Conference Announcing Investigation into Baltimore Police Department

Press Release:

Justice Department Opens Pattern or Practice Investigation into the Baltimore Police Department

Video:

Attorney General Lynch Announces Investigation into Baltimore Police Department

Attorney General Lynch announces that the Justice Department has opened a civil pattern or practice investigation into Baltimore
Attorney General Lynch takes questions.
Updated May 31, 2017