Over-Policed, Yet Underserved: The People’s Findings Regarding Police Misconduct in West Baltimore
Dr. Charles Cange, visiting lecturer in Health Administration and Policy Program (HAPP), Department of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC), is a member and research consultant for W. Baltimore Community Commission on Police Misconduct. Findings were released in a reported entitled Over-Policed, Yet Underserved: The People’s Findings Regarding Police Misconduct in West Baltimore and were reported at press conference (http://www.noboundariescoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/No-Boundaries-Layout-Web-1.pdf).
Since then, the report
has been covered by several international and national outlets: The New
York Times, The Guardian (US and UK), The
Independent (UK), The Huffington Post, and The
Baltimore Sun. UMBC Sociology Masters student, Nick Jacobsen,
provided Dr. Cange with qualitative and quantitative analytic support during
the research process.
Please find the story links below:
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/10/baltimore-police-survey-abuse-results-freddie-gray-neighborhood
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/freddie-gray-baltimore-residents-call-for-police-reforms-to-confront-institutionalised-racism-a6920231.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/us/freddie-gray-baltimore-officer-william-porter.html?_r=1
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-west-baltimore-advocates-study-20160308-story.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/baltimore-police-misconduct-report_us_56df4519e4b0000de4066ea4
The conference was also covered by various news channels, so there is a video clip of Sandtown residents sharing their stories as well as community leaders advocating for wide-ranging reforms on policing practices at the local, state and federal levels, including a return to community policing.