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 Friday, Jan 19 Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh fired police commissioner Kevin Davis on Friday. Here's a rundown of what we know. |
| Confusion was rampant inside Baltimore Police headquarters on Friday following Mayor Catherine Pughâs announcement that she had fired Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, as other top commanders had their access to the building and their cell phone service cut off, according to sources. |
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| The period following the death of Freddie Gray was supposed to be a time when Baltimore restored the communityâs faith in the police department. Yet in 2017, the Baltimore Police Department found itself mired in scandal after scandal. |
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| Mayor Catherine Pugh replaced police commissioner Kevin Davis on Friday, citing the need to get a handle on Baltimoreâs record levels of violence. |
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| Darryl D. DeSousa will be Baltimore's 8th police commissioner since 2000. |
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| Commissioner Davis was given a five-year term back in 2015, with a $150,000 severance package should he be fired without cause. |
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| Darryl DeSousa, a 30-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department, has been tapped by Mayor Catherine E. Pugh to become the agencyâs 40th police commissioner, replacing Kevin Davis. |
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| As a media critic, I couldn't help noticing how much effort Police Commissioner Kevin Davis was putting into optics and image without much success. As a 27-year resident of Baltimore City, I also wondered if that was where our top cop's focus should be while crime tore up the city. |
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