On April 12, 2015, Baltimore Police Department officers arrested Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American resident of Baltimore, Maryland. Gray's neck and spine were injured while he was in a police vehicle and he went into a coma. On April 18, there were protests in front of the Western district police station. Gray died on April 19.
Protesters demonstrating at the Baltimore Police Department's Western District building.
A soldier from 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment keeps watch in front of Baltimore City Hall on April 28
Baltimore riot police form a line to push back protesters and media members on April 28
Protesters gathered in front of Baltimore City Hall on April 30
Baltimore Police Department
The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) is the municipal police department of the city of Baltimore, Maryland. Dating back to 1784, the BPD, consisting of 2,935 employees in 2020, is organized into nine districts covering 80.9 square miles (210 km2) of land and 11.1 square miles (29 km2) of waterways. The department is sometimes referred to as the Baltimore City Police Department to distinguish it from the Baltimore County Police Department.
Badge of the Baltimore Police Department
Kevin Davis speaks at the US Department of Justice in 2016. Davis was Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department from 2015 to 2018
Baltimore Police Officers at Camden Yards
Bishop L. Robinson Sr. Police Administrative Building Annex
