Catherine Pugh
Shortly after word arrived Monday that Joel Fitzgerald had withdrawn from the running to become Baltimore’s next police commissioner, Mayor Catherine Pugh said she would be “communicating further on the process” of picking someone. But that communication won’t be happening today.
Pugh had originally called a 2:45 p.m. press conference to share details about next steps in her search, which began about eight months ago following the resignation of Darryl De Sousa. But with 20 minutes to spare today, her office cancelled the presser.
“The Mayor is fully focused on her number one priority of reducing violent crime in Baltimore and is moving expeditiously in light of today’s development,” spokesman James Bentley said in a statement. “In the meantime, Interim Commissioner Gary Tuggle is on the job and very ably managing the day-to-day affairs of the Baltimore Police Department, along with his command staff. We will, of course, be communicating further details in due course.”
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