The era of zero-tolerance policing appears to be over in Baltimore after impassioned testimony by police commissioner designee Frederick Bealefeld touting a more communityfriendly approach was given during a hearing Wednesday evening to affirm his appointment as the city?s top cop.

“We cannot declare war on every drug addict,” he said to members of the City Council who question the commissioner designee for several hours. “We can?t tell police to go and arrest everyone you can however you can.”