Baltimore Judge Selects Monitor To Oversee Police Reforms

BALTIMORE (AP) — A Baltimore judge has signed off on a monitor to oversee an agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the Baltimore Police Department to overhaul the troubled agency.
Judge James Bredar on Monday approved a joint request from the city and the Justice Department to appoint Venable attorney Kenneth Thompson as the independent monitor to oversee police reform in Baltimore.
Bredar in his order wrote that Thompson, a native of Baltimore, is “a seasoned litigato