Former Detective Testifies About Widespread Baltimore Police Corruption

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A former Baltimore City Police detective took the witness stand in a federal police corruption trial and detailed startling abuses of power.
Maurice Ward, who has pleaded guilty in the case, testified against his former partners on the Gun Trace Task Force, Detectives Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor. He was the first witness the government called in the case.
Ward describes robbing drug dealers, searching homes and cars without probable cause, and stealing drugs and t