New mayor to look into arrest policy

Published November 11, 2006 5:00am ET



City Council President Sheila Dixon, who will soon become Baltimore mayor, said Friday she will look into the Baltimore Police Department?s arrest policies. An average of 253 people are arrested every day in the city, 47 of whom are not charged, according to statistics from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services.

“I have been pondering over a plan,” Dixon said during a press conference at City Hall. “It is an area that we?re going to look into.”

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