Baltimore looks to ‘transform’ police dept. by hiring civilian investigators amid staffing shortage

With violent crime continuing to rise in major cities across the nation, one metropolitan area is putting public perception ahead of problem-solving as they announced a plan to have civilian investigators replace police detectives as part of their “equity” laden budget proposal.

During a press conference Thursday, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott discussed the “ongoing work to transform” the Baltimore Police Department “into a world-class, 21st century law enforcement agency.” The crux of the announcement focused on the “creation” of 35 civilian positions within the police department to mitigate the demands of active-duty officers.

“The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) will increase the percentage of time patrol officers spend on proactive policing by 5% in Fiscal 2023,” the proposed budget stated. “They will accomplish this by converting 30 vacant sworn positions to 35 civilian Investigative Specialist positions. This will free up sworn officers currently performing investigative work to be reassigned to patrol positions.”

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