Detective’s Testimony Spotlights Baltimore Police Corruption

BALTIMORE (WJZ)– The testimony of a former Baltimore City Police Gun Trace Task Force detective is shining a new light on the scope of corruption within the elite unit. It has since been disbanded— its members placed under arrest.
Maurice Ward took the stand in the federal trial of two fellow former GTTF detectives, Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor, and he detailed how officers robbed people of cash and drugs, even setting up GPS devices on some targets.
He outlined one $20,000 robbery