Baltimore County corrections officials are preparing to implement video bail review proceedings this summer, a move they said could cut transportation costs and boost courthouse security.
County police chief Terrence Sheridan told members of the County Council Tuesday that he hopes the system ? which administrators have “considered” for the past two decades ? will be under way by July 1. Baltimore County is one of the few remaining large jurisdictions in Maryland to still conduct in-person bail reviews, officials said, and Sheridan estimated the move could free up to 10,000 police hours per year during night shifts alone.
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