Judge Set To Hold Hearing On Baltimore Police Consent Decree

BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge in Baltimore has scheduled the first public hearing to review the city’s progress toward compliance with a consent decree that mandates reforms within the police department.
The judge is scheduled to hear Friday from attorneys for the city and for the U.S. Justice Department, as well as an independent monitoring team.
The consent decree, which was signed in the waning days of the Obama administration, was approved by the judge last April despite objec