Baltimore Citizen’s Academy

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] TJ Smith —Media Relations Office

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] Homicide

Note: This discussion was before Sean Suiter was killed on November 16, 2017.

In 2017, there were 337 homicides in Baltimore. Part of the effort to curb that murder rate involves getting those people behind bars who are committing these…

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] Special Investigations

The Special Investigations Section in the BPD handles cases involving:

• Sex Offense
• Child Abuse
• Arson
• Economic Crimes

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] The Mounted Unit with Officer Slurpee

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] The Inner Harbor Project/LEAD/Bike Patrols

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] SWAT

SWAT, also known as Special Weapons and Tactics or the Quick Response Team, is the team that the Baltimore Police call for those situations that might escalate, such as barricaded subjects, raids/no-knock warrants, or even ship boardings in the harbor. Although, 90% of…

[Baltimore Citizen’s Academy] Latent Fingerprint Unit

I live in Baltimore City, and there is property crime. Its a thing. Look it up. I am part of the Nextdoor community for my neighborhood, and Canton Neighbors on Facebook. Every once in a while, there will be a breathless post from…