The Baltimore Police Department is shifting 115 officers to patrol shifts this week to reduce vacancies in each district and “have an increased presence on the street,” Acting Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Wednesday morning.
“This is not the end all. We still have a lot of work to do,” the city’s top cop said, standing alongside Mayor Catherine Pugh. “But with patrol being a priority, with our crime fight being a priority, we see the need to move these personnel.”
All of the officers will be moved to patrol shifts by Sunday, he said. They’re coming from a number of units, including BPD’s Criminal Investigations Division, district detective units (DDUs), which are being dissolved, and the “10th district,” a mobile unit of officers created during the brief tenure of Darryl De Sousa.
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