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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:53

Lieutenant Walter A Taylor Jr

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Lieutenant Walter A Taylor Jr

Lieutenant Walter A Taylor Jr
End of Watch: 17 April 2003
Date of Birth: 17 September 1943
Assignment: Eastern
Badge #: 94
Married: Yes     Children: 1 Girl
Cause of Death: Died from a heart attack

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Taylor Jr., Walter A.

April 20, 2003

Suddenly, on April 17, 2003, LT. WALTER A. TAYLOR Jr., Baltimore City Police Dept.; beloved husband of Elizabeth E. (Betsy) Taylor; devoted father of Heather Lynn Everhart (nee Taylor) and her husband Steve; loving grandfather of Brandon Corey and Jacob Taylor; dear son-in-law of Lucille Rogers. Also survived by four sisters. Friends are invited to call at the family owned and operated McCULLY-POLYNIAK FUNERAL HOME, P.A., 3204 Mountain Road (Pasadena) on Monday from 2 to 9 P.M. Funeral Services will be celebrated on Tuesday 12 noon at the Funeral Home. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Memorials in his name to the American Heart Association, 7240 Parkway Drive, Suite 360, Hanover, MD 21076, will be appreciated.

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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:49

Officer Forrest "Dino" Taylor

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Decorated Baltimore police officer dies months after crash 
17 year veteran was responding to a call

September 05, 2012

|By Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun

Baltimore police are mourning the death of a decorated officer who died last week after complications from surgery stemming from a Feb.18 on-duty car accident. Officer Forrest "Dino" Taylor, 44, of Annapolis, died Aug. 29 after undergoing the latest in a series of medical procedures. He had been injured in a crash at a stoplight in Mount Vernon while responding to a call. "Each and every day Officer Forrest 'Dino' Taylor and his fellow officers place their lives on the line to make our neighborhoods safer," Police Commissioner-designee Anthony W. Batts said in a statement. "We will never forget Officer Taylor's dedication and commitment to making downtown Baltimore a better place to live and work." On Feb. 18 at 5:50 a.m., Taylor activated the lights and siren in his police cruiser and traveled through a red light in the 600 block of Guilford Avenue in Mount Vernon while on the way to assist another officer, according to police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Taylor's vehicle was hit by a sports utility vehicle driving through a green light, police said. The cruiser struck a pole and fire hydrant and came to rest in the 500 block of Guilford, police said. Officers filed no citations against the driver of the SUV. The officer was not found at fault, either. Police are taught to use caution when driving through red lights in emergency situations, but that does not always prevent crashes, Guglielmi said. "This was just a tragic, tragic accident," he said. A 17-year veteran of the department, Taylor worked in jobs throughout the agency, including stints as a homicide detective in 2003 and a violent crimes investigator in 2008. He received four commendations from the department, including three for his work with a task force that in 2000 served 4,500 warrants and cleared 150 percent of cases (that calculation includes cases from previous years). Taylor was best known for walking his foot post in the downtown community, police said. He is survived by his wife and two children. "Officer Taylor backed up the quality of his service with his life," Guglielmi said. "He was responding in an emergency capacity to help a complete stranger. It's a sobering reminder of what police officers do every day." Taylor is the fourth Baltimore police officer to die in the line of duty since 2010. His funeral service is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 7, at 10 a.m. at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen at 5200 N. Charles Street.

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End of Watch 29 August, 2012
City, St. Baltimore, Md
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Cause of Death Auto Accident
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:46

Lieutenant William P. Thompson

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Lieutenant William P. Thompson

W. P. Thompson, Policeman, Dies
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Police Lieutenant William P. Thompson, 48, of 372 Marydell Rd., died early [27 May 1956] yesterday, apparently of heart trouble, while on duty, and in a patrol car within the South-West District.

He was slumped over the steering wheel when found at 3:35am by Sgt. Walker Jasper, at Fayette and Stricker Streets.

Police said, Lieutenant Thompson had been receiving treatment for a heart condition but was cleared for duty.

He had left the Southwestern Station House (Located at Calhoun Street and Pratt Streets ) at about 3:30am after helping a patrolman make an arrest, police said.

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A native of Baltimore, Lieutenant Thompson lived here all his life, joining the Police Department 17 May, 1933. He was promoted to Sgt. on 10 February, 1948, and then to Lieutenant on 28 December, 1950.

He was assigned to the Eastern district after his appointment and to the Northeast district when promoted to Lieutenant. He had been at the southwestern district for about four years, police said.

Lieutenant Thompson is survived by his wife, Mrs. Doris M. Thompson: a daughter, Mrs. Frederick Glover: a brother, Joseph P. Thompson, and three sisters, Mrs. Anna Rivers, Mrs. Margaret Headle and Mrs. Marie Rann. All lived in Baltimore.

The body is at the Walters Funeral Home, Pratt and Stricker Streets. The Requiem Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10:00 am at St. Joseph Monastery Church, Loudoun Street and Old Frederick Road. Burial will be in Loudon Park Cemetery.

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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:40

Officer William H. Torbit Jr.

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Witnesses: Slain officer overwhelmed by crowd, police fired as he lay on ground Police say 41 shots fired in incident outside club Sunday
From a Franklin Street apartment, a university employee and her roommate have a broad view of the nightclub parking lot where police say six people were shot Sunday — an incident that left a plainclothes police officer and a 22-year-old man dead. As an unusually large crowd attracted a significant police presence, the two opened a window and watched the events that led up to the shooting outside the Select Lounge in the 400 block of N. Paca St. The women, both 26, saw the plainclothes officer get overwhelmed by an unruly crowd, then watched as two uniformed officers opened fire while he lay on the ground. The women also saw the pained reaction of the slain officer's partners once they realized what had happened. It's a scene they haven't been able to get out of their minds. "I've never seen somebody killed," the university employee said Monday. City police have not given a detailed account of the night's events, saying the investigation will take three weeks to complete. There are dozens of witnesses, and police are seeking to piece together those accounts along with physical evidence and surveillance camera footage. But the account of the women is consistent with what law enforcement sources believe took place, and along with information provided by police, it offers a vivid account of the chaotic incident. Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III confirmed at an afternoon news conference that no civilian weapons were fired, and said five officers — including slain Officer William H. Torbit Jr. — fired a total of 41 rounds during the incident. Bealefeld said police were "committed to conducting a comprehensive and thorough investigation." "We must understand it, learn from it, and emerge better," he said. "We owe it to all the victims to be thorough and complete, and only release confirmed facts." Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the shooting "raises a lot of questions" and that she and Bealefeld are open to an external review of the incident following the Police Department's internal review. The university employee, who did not want her name or school made public, and her roommate, Lakeisha Hutcherson, said in separate interviews with The Baltimore Sun that the incident unfolded about 1:15 a.m. According to the roommates, they first noticed a group of women walking to their cars outside the club when a vehicle began to pull out and almost hit one of them. One of the women became angry and began to hit the car with her shoe, trying to attack the driver, and a man in a pink shirt attempted to calm them down. The driver was able to pull off, but the woman remained agitated. A man — who the roommates would later learn was Torbit, 33, — walked over, wearing a brown or black jacket. Neither woman said they saw a badge, though they said he might have been wearing one. Police say Torbit, a narcotics officer, was on-duty and in plainclothes. Normally an officer on such an assignment would not be working crowd control, but he had been called to the scene after dispatchers put out a "Signal 13" — that code, for an officer in distress, typically draws scores of officers looking to help. Officers at the scene were trying to deal with fights inside that spilled out of the recently opened club, and Torbit found himself in the middle of the fracas. "I thought he was just a guy trying to break up the altercation," the university employee said. "He was telling them, 'Stop. Go home.'" Hutcherson added: "He was trying to push people out of the way, trying to stop the fight. He was trying to make peace, and it seemed like some guys took it wrong." In a flash, they said, a large crowd began fighting and "overtook" the plainclothes officer, who disappeared in a sea of people. The 22-year-old who was slain has been identified by relatives as Sean Gamble. His brother told The Baltimore Sun Sunday night that Gamble had witnessed Torbit being aggressive toward a woman and that Gamble started arguing with him. That escalated to an altercation, the brother said. The women say that is not what they saw. "I didn't see [the plainclothes officer] being aggressive with her — she was aggressive," the university employee said. "It looked like he was trying to break it up, to stop it from escalating. I don't even know how the other guys got involved." Then the women saw two uniformed officers approach, and heard a shot. They aren't sure who fired the shot — it was not the uniformed officers, the roommates said — and none of those fighting seemed to react. It is believed that the shot came from Torbit's weapon, though police said they are checking ballistics to confirm that. A few seconds later, a second shot went off, the roommates said, and people started running. 

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Officer One Of 2 Killed At Club
Sources: Police Investigating Whether Shooting Was Friendly Fire
Baltimore Sun reporter Timothy Wheeler contributed to this article
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Jan 10, 2011

Baltimore police officers might have shot and killed a fellow officer and an unarmed man after observing the officer draw his weapon while trying to quell a disturbance outside a club near downtown early Sunday, according to law enforcement sources and a relative of one of the victims. Police released few details about the circumstances of the shooting, but they described a chaotic scene outside the Select Lounge in the 400 block of N. Paca St., with fights spilling out of the club and into the street around 1:15 a.m. "There was an altercation that took place very near the club and some officers worked to intercede in that fight, at which time some gunshots were discharged," said Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III. "Several officers fired multiple shots." Sources said Officer William H. Torbit Jr., 33, an eight-year veteran, and 22-year-old Sean Gamble, a semi-professional football player who had no criminal record, were killed in the gunfire. Four others - a second officer and three women - were wounded, police said. Three law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation was still under way, said witnesses told detectives that Torbit was in plainclothes and was being attacked by a group of people. Police said his badge apparently came off during the scuffle. It is believed that the officers who responded to the scene shot at him after he drew his weapon, said the law enforcement sources and the victim's relative, who was also a witness. Gamble's brother, James Gamble, who was at the club, said he saw Torbit - who he believed was off-duty - acting aggressively toward a woman. His brother started arguing with the officer and the discussion escalated, said Gamble, 24. He said a group of uniformed officers began firing on the crowd when the plainclothes officer reached for his service weapon. "It was a crazy scene," Gamble said. "They let off a good 20 shots, maybe six [officers]. They were just shooting." Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed Sunday evening that police were exploring whether officers had shot another officer in the midst of the chaotic situation. He said no civilian weapons had been recovered. The violence comes on the heels of a number of high-profile incidents downtown, many of them connected to the city's nightlife. In March, two people were shot outside the Velvet Rope, a club that police have pushed to shut down. A month before that, a security guard was fatally shot on Light Street, and in June an off-duty police officer was charged with fatally shooting an unarmed man during an altercation outside a Mount Vernon club. A Marine, celebrating before his redeployment to Afghanistan, was fatally shot at a downtown hookah bar in July, and a city police officer was shot and wounded in November after approaching an armed man near the city's adult entertainment district. An off-duty Baltimore detective was killed in October when he was hit in the head during an argument over a parking space in Canton. "This is an absolutely horrible incident," Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said of Sunday's shootings. "I prayed we would never lose another officer, but here we are again." Torbit's death comes four years to the day after Officer Troy Lamont Chesley was killed during an attempted carjacking. Chesley was the last officer to die in an attack while on duty. If police determine that Torbit was killed by friendly fire, it would be the first such incident since an off-duty officer, Norman Stamp, was killed at a Southeast Baltimore bar in 2008. Police said at the time that officers responding to a call about a fight encountered Stamp - whom they didn't recognize as a fellow officer - wearing brass knuckles and shot him when he reached for his weapon. Stamp's widow last year lost a civil lawsuit filed against the officer who shot her husband. Police would not confirm Torbit's identity Sunday, and police union officials said they were waiting for the department to formally identify the officer before commenting on his death. News of Torbit's death stunned his next-door neighbor, Fafo Asres, who called the officer "a very nice person" who had helped maintain his neighborhood off Rolling Road in western Baltimore County. Torbit cleaned up trash and debris on the street and offered to haul waste items away in his truck for other residents, Asres said.

Torbit also had kidded around with Asres' children, the neighbor said. "My kids, they love him and call him 'Uncle Will,' " Asres said, adding that Torbit was "a very good example" for young people. Though Torbit apparently lived alone, his neighbor described the officer as a "family man," with a number of relatives in the area. "He was there for his family," Asres said. Asres said that he last saw Torbit on New Year's Eve and that the officer had told him he was working that night. "I'm just sad," Asres said. Gamble's relatives, meanwhile, said they believed police acted recklessly in firing on the crowd outside the nightclub. Corey Brown, 31, who said he is Sean Gamble's godbrother, said Sunday night that Gamble had a young child and was engaged to be married. Brown said Gamble worked for a waste management company and had no criminal record, a fact confirmed by a search of court records. "He's not a violent kid - he's not in the streets," said Brown, who was not at the club early Sunday morning. "He's not even cut from that cloth. Apparently he got in a fight and the cops start shooting. Not in the air - in the crowd, and they shot him." James Gamble said that the shots sent clubgoers running in every direction and that he located his brother underneath a vehicle. Sean Gamble had been shot in the chest, he said. James Gamble and dozens of others were detained for questioning by police. Sean Gamble, who went to Woodlawn High School, was a member of the Baltimore Saints semi-pro football league, playing linebacker and wearing number 56. Brown said Sean Gamble had a "huge heart and was really a person you wanted to be around." "He was loyal, loyal to the death," Brown said. At a news conference outside Maryland Shock Trauma Center before sunrise Sunday, police said they could not say what prompted the officers to fire or whether anyone other than the officers had fired a gun. "We're a few hours into this whole ordeal, and we have scores of detectives working on the case, processing evidence, interviewing witnesses," Bealefeld said. "We have a ton of work to do to put together the facts of what happened." Police had few additional details to offer later Sunday. Detectives were reviewing surveillance camera footage and other physical evidence. Select Lounge opened late in October a few blocks north of Lexington Market and has sought to attract an upscale crowd. Its Facebook page describes a strict dress code and boasts of a VIP lounge for the "ultimate in discreet experiences" for "sophisticated club connoisseurs, savvy socialites, A-list celebrities and the Baltimore's [sic] elite." Ravens player Dannell Ellerbe chose the club to celebrate his birthday in December. At the scene Sunday morning, police tape blocked a parking lot adjacent to the Select Lounge that was still full of cars as detectives interviewed clubgoers at police headquarters. A "VIP Parking" sandwich board lay in the street. By afternoon, all that remained in the parking lot were empty liquor bottles and scattered fliers for coming events at nightspots around the city. Calls made to a phone number for the club's owners were not immediately returned. "What we need to figure out is what sparked the shooting," said Guglielmi. "Was there a weapon drawn by a civilian? Was the officer's weapon taken? We've got to put together a timeline and figure out what happened." On Twitter, people lamented Baltimore's continuing nightlife violence. "Can't even go out anymore," one person wrote. Another said: "This has to stop."

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Pair Say Police Officer
41 Shots Fired in Incident outside Nightclub

 

Jan 11, 2011

From a Franklin Street apartment, a university employee and her roommate have a broad view of the nightclub parking lot where police say six people were shot Sunday - an incident that left a plainclothes police officer and a 22-year-old man dead. As an unusually large crowd attracted a significant police presence, the two opened a window and watched the events that led up to the shooting outside the Select Lounge in the 400 block of N. Paca St. The women, both 26, saw the plainclothes officer get overwhelmed by an unruly crowd, then watched as two uniformed officers opened fire while he lay on the ground. The women also saw the pained reaction of the slain officer's partners once they realized what had happened. It's a scene they haven't been able to get out of their minds. "I've never seen somebody killed," the university employee said Monday. City police have not given a detailed account of the night's events, saying the investigation will take three weeks to complete. There are dozens of witnesses, and police are seeking to piece together those accounts along with physical evidence and surveillance camera footage. But the account of the women is consistent with what law enforcement sources believe took place, and along with information provided by police, it offers a vivid account of the chaotic incident. Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III confirmed at an afternoon news conference that no civilian weapons were fired, and said five officers - including slain officer William H. Torbit Jr. - fired a total of 41 rounds during the incident. Bealefeld said police were "committed to conducting a comprehensive and thorough investigation." "We must understand it, learn from it, and emerge better," he said. "We owe it to all the victims to be thorough and complete, and only release confirmed facts." Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the shooting "raises a lot of questions" and that she and Bealefeld are open to an external review of the incident following the Police Department's internal review. The university employee, who did not want her name or school made public, and her roommate, Lakeisha Hutcherson, said in separate interviews with The Baltimore Sun that the incident unfolded about 1:15 a.m. According to the roommates, they first noticed a group of women walking to their cars outside the club when a vehicle began to pull out and almost hit one of them. One of the women became angry and began to hit the car with her shoe, trying to attack the driver, and a man in a pink shirt attempted to calm them down. The driver was able to pull off, but the woman remained agitated. A man - who the roommates would later learn was Torbit, 33, - walked over, wearing a brown or black jacket. Neither woman said they saw a badge, though they said he might have been wearing one. Police say Torbit, a narcotics officer, was on-duty and in plainclothes. Normally an officer on such an assignment would not be working crowd control, but he had been called to the scene after dispatchers put out a "Signal 13" - that code, for an officer in distress, typically draws scores of officers looking to help. Officers at the scene were trying to deal with fights inside that spilled out of the recently opened club, and Torbit found himself in the middle of the fracas. "I thought he was just a guy trying to break up the altercation," the university employee said. "He was telling them, 'Stop. Go home.' " Hutcherson added: "He was trying to push people out of the way, trying to stop the fight. He was trying to make peace, and it seemed like some guys took it wrong." In a flash, they said, a large crowd began fighting and "overtook" the plainclothes officer, who disappeared in a sea of people. The 22-year-old who was slain has been identified by relatives as Sean Gamble. His brother told The Baltimore Sun Sunday night that Sean Gamble had witnessed Torbit being aggressive toward a woman and that Gamble started arguing with him. That escalated to an altercation, the brother said. The women say that is not what they saw. "I didn't see [the plainclothes officer] being aggressive with her - she was aggressive," the university employee said. "It looked like he was trying to break it up, to stop it from escalating. I don't even know how the other guys got involved." Then the women saw two uniformed officers approach, and heard a shot. They aren't sure who fired the shot - it was not the uniformed officers, the roommates said - and none of those fighting seemed to react. It is believed that the shot came from Torbit's weapon, though police said they are checking ballistics to confirm that. A few seconds later, a second shot went off, the roommates said, and people started running. Hutcherson left the window to check on her young daughter, but her roommate continued watching. The university employee said the man in the dark jacket was lying on his back, his arms splayed out. She could not see a weapon, though police said there's no indication that his gun was taken from him at any point during the fight. "The [plainclothes officer] was ... on his back, and two uniformed officers, they took a couple steps back and just fired at him while he was lying on the ground," the university employee said. Hutcherson, who heard multiple gunshots, recounted how her roommate relayed to her what was happening: "She said, 'Oh my God, they're killing him. He's not even moving, he's laying on the ground with his hands up.' " "Another cop, a heavy-set guy with 'Police' on his back, was screaming [expletives]," she said. "A cop in a brown hoodie fell to his knees, and that's when we knew [the victim] was a cop." A third witness, 39-year-old Jacques Steptoe, said Monday that he had been watching the crowd from his fourth-floor window at a nearby nursing home on North Paca Street. He has been recovering from surgery and couldn't sleep that night, he said. From his vantage point, catty-corner to the roommates' apartment, he said he believed someone sprayed Mace and that Torbit whipped his right arm around, gripping his service weapon, and fired a shot into the crowd. When the uniformed officers saw that, they began opening fire, causing him to fall back. "He fell down with the gun in his hand just like that," Steptoe said, bringing his arms over his head. He said he saw "five or six" officers then approach Torbit, some of them still shooting. At Monday's news conference, police identified the officers who fired their weapons as Harry Dodge, 37, an 11-year veteran; Harry Pawley, 40, a 17-year veteran; Toyia Williams, 36, a 13-year veteran; and Latora Craig, 30, a nine-year veteran. Dodge was shot in the foot, police said. Only Craig has ever discharged her weapon before, said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi. Her gun fired into a wall during a struggle for the weapon with a suspect in July 2010. She was cleared and returned to duty. Dodge, Pawley, Williams and Craig have been placed on routine administrative suspension with pay pending an investigation and have not given statements about the shooting. Michael Davey, an attorney for the Fraternal Order of Police, said the officers do not have to speak with investigators because the case - like all police-involved shootings - is considered a criminal investigation. But he said all of the officers intend to speak with detectives in coming days. As Torbit lay on the ground, a law enforcement source said, an off-duty medic who was among the clubgoers began tending to him. The roommates said they saw officers pick up Torbit by his arms and legs and carry him to the back seat of a car. The car was surrounded by hordes of people, but the officers eventually were able to drive off, taking him to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he was pronounced dead. Meanwhile, a group of people was advancing on the uniformed officers who had fired their weapons, apparently angry at what they had observed, and officers began deploying Tasers and slamming people onto the hoods of cars. "It was out of control," Hutcherson said. A few feet away, they noticed another victim: Sean Gamble. The waste management worker, who has no criminal record, was lying under a car that appeared to be trying to pull away. They said Gamble - whose brother says he was shot in the chest - remained there for what seemed like 30 minutes before an ambulance came. They saw medics pumping his chest. "We're right near Maryland General, University Hospital, and no one came for a long time," Hutcherson said. Fire Department officials did not respond to a request for records that would show how long it took for medics to respond. The roommates continued to watch the incident unfold. They said crime scene technicians did not arrive until 4 a.m., with people leaving the club "trampling" on the crime scene. Neither woman has called police to report what they saw; both said they are fearful of officers after observing the incident and the police response. But they said they wanted the public to know what they saw. "I didn't know it was a cop, but no one deserves to be shot at like that," the university employee said. "I felt like it was ridiculously excessive and unnecessary. There was no need for that shooting to happen."
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End of Watch 9 January, 2011
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:38

Officer Ronald L. Tracey

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On this day in Baltimore Police History 1981, we lost our brother Police  Officer Ronald L. Tracey to gun fire based on the following 

Western District Officer Ronald L. Tracey, 28, was murdered as he investigated a property damage accident at Monroe and Baker Streets shortly before midnight on July 20, 1981. As about 11:15 p.m. he responded to that location to process the accident scene. As is normal for this type of incident on a warm summer night, a number of citizens gathered to watch as wreckers were called to the scene to remove inoperable vehicles. Those who had been involved in the accident provided Officer Tracey with the appropriate information. There was no tension and no problems. Things remained “routine” until about 11:45 p.m. when a citizen came out of the crowd and snuck up behind the Officer who was concentrating on the work at hand. He jumped the officer and a life and death struggle began. Officer Tracey was able to broadcast one frantic call for assistance. He did not have time to identify himself or give his location. The assailant wrestled the officer’s service revolver from its holster and shot the officer in the stomach and in the head. Witnesses later told investigating detectives that while this was occurring, the crowd retreated, with not one citizen coming to the assistance of the officer. Citizens did call Police Communications, which dispatched appropriate units. Officer Tracey was transported to Lutheran Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Investigating officers and detectives recovered his service revolver about two blocks from the scene of the homicide. Citizens called police with information regarding the possible identity of the assailant and throughout the early morning hours, police searched for him. At 5:00 a.m. on July 21, 1981, Northeastern District Officers located and arrested the man as he slept on the floor of Northeast Baltimore residence. He was apprehended and detained in Baltimore City Jail.

He will forever be missed, but never will he be forgotten by us his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department.. God Bless and Rest in Peace.

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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:34

Patrolman John T. Tuohy

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Patrolman John T. Tuohy

20 September 1910

Many Honored Dead Patrolman
Cardinal Gibbons sends message to family a Patrolman John T. Tuohy

The funeral of Patrolman John T. Tuohy, of the Traffic Squad, who died from a Heart Attack on Friday morning 16 September 1910 at Homewood Avenue and Hoffman Street, took place yesterday morning from his home, 1318 Hillman St. After a short service at his house the body was taken to St. John’s Catholic Church, Valley and eager streets, where a high mass of requiem him was celebrated at 9 o’clock by Rev. Edward L. Divine, assistant pastor of the church. The music of the mass was sung by the children of the parochial schools.

In his sermon father Divine announced a brilliant eulogy one Patrolman Tuohy, saying that he was a man who was faithful to his duties. A delegation of 40 policeman from the central district attended the funeral. The pallbearers were for patrolman from that district and Mrs. Charles Lutz, Charles Miller, Senior., Charles Miller, Junior., And Benjamin DeRosa, of Zita conclaves, improved order of the Heptasophs, of which Patrolman Tuohy was a member. Burial was at Bonnie Bray Cemetery.

Among the many flowers sent was a large cross of roses from the men of the central district. Many persons who admit Patrolman Tuohy while he was a member of the traffic squad called at his home to express sympathy. Among them was Mgr. William A. Starr, of Corpus Christi church. Mgr. Starr conveyed to the members of the family the sympathy of Cardinal Gibbons, who, Mgr. Starr said, had learned to know Patrolman Tuohy as he stood at the Fayette and Charles Streets corner and had become an in Meyer of the efficient and courteous way in which he performed his duties

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End of Watch 16 September 1910
City, St. Homewood Avenue and Hoffman Street
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Cause of Death Heart Attack
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:33

Officer Fred R. Unger

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Officer Fred R. Unger

 

On this day in Baltimore Police History 13 January 1947, we lost our brother Police Officer Fred R. Unger to gunfire based on the following:

January 13th 1947 was much like it has been here lately; the high was 37.9F with a low in the area of 27F there was a heavy fog with rain, and drizzle throughout the week almost as it has been this year 2014. Crime back then was normal Baltimore crime; they had their burglars, their drug dealers, their thieves and their stick up men. On this particular day there was a punk by the name of Milford E. Davis. Milford found his niche in the crime world sticking up cab drivers and taking their hard earned cash, on this night he had committed one such hold up already from a cab driver on the corner of Saratoga St. near Gay St. After that stick-up, he made his way up to, and over to, the Central District. He was nearing the 900 Blk. of Brevard Alley where he was on the hunt for another cab to hit. By now his description was given to all police in the area, and two of Central’s long time partners, Officer George Pfaff, and Fred Unger were on a different hunt, instead of looking for someone to steal from, they were on the lookout for someone about to rob a cab, and it wouldn’t take long for Fred to spot a potential suspect, a fellow matching the description given out earlier, pointing the suspect out to his partner, Officer Unger would call out to the suspect asking him, “Hey! Hey, you there! What are you running from?” and the suspect looking over points to his chest as if to ask if they were talking to him, Unger confirms they were, and asked him to come to their vehicle, out of breath the suspect couldn’t say much, but remained calm throughout their interaction, he strolled over to their car, calm and collected as he was catching his breath… he acted as if he had nothing to hide, not a worry in the world, his calmness took the officers off their normal guard. They thought perhaps this is not the right guy; still they would talk to him, as he may have seen something, he may have some information to lead them in the right direction.

The suspect continued walking calmly to their car, eventually he would be alongside the car, as he was coming in from a direction in front of their car he would pass the officers, (still seated in their car), then turn and come up behind the officer from a different angle, before a single question could be asked of him, his attitude would change, he went from calm, cool, and collected, into rage, drawing his .25 caliber semi-automatic pistol from his waist band, he would fire several shots into the car, striking Officer Unger several times.

Officer Pfaff quickly bailed from the car, taking a safe vantage point while drawing his weapon, then as he came up to find his target, he saw the suspect was running away, Pfaff chased the suspect past the east side of the Armory into an alley beside a warehouse near Dolphin St. Then he was gone, Pfaff lost the visual he had on the suspect when they were someplace near Dolphin Street and Linden Green. He was being fired on by Davis and had a chance to take a shot back, but looked toward the background and saw the suspect was running toward a group of people, he feared had he missed it could have led to one or more of them being shot. So he did the next best thing, he armed himself with a description and went back to his vehicle to check on his partner, and call in that description so the other officers in the area could look for him.

Once back to his car he found his partner, Officer Frederick R. Unger had been struck in the head, the face, and several times in his upper body… Pfaff somewhat in shock quickly called for medical attention, then giving the description of the suspect, with warnings of his danger and a direction of travel. Now armed with a clothing description that direction of travel, it wouldn’t be long when another set of Central District best known partners, Officers Joseph Levin, and John Griffin were on his trail. They were at the corner Morris Alley and Dolphin Street, when they met with the same gunman and the same weapon that fatally wounded their friend and brother patrolman Unger. Officers Levin and Griffin were ready for what might be coming, they called out to the suspect, who did what he knew best, he spun, drew and fired on the officers; who in turn did what they knew, they shot him. They recovered the gun he used to kill Officer Unger, as well as the money stolen in the earlier cab robbery.

Officer Unger died that night trying to make Baltimore a safer place, for all of us. Officer’s Levin, and Griffin fired their guns and killed a man, they did this while bullets were being fired in their direction and from the gun of a guy that didn’t care who he hurt, he didn’t care about his backdrop, which brings us to Officer Pfaff who refused to shoot at a fleeing felon, while he himself was being fired on, so that he wouldn’t accidently shoot someone in the background, he put public safety ahead of his own safety. These are the brave men of the Baltimore Police department.

Officer Unger was married and the father of 2 daughters, Carol (eight) and Gail Patricia (eighteen months). Officer Fred R. Unger was 38 years of age and a 3 year veteran of the force.

We his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police department will not let him be forgotten, as we take this time to remember him and thank him for his service and sacrifice.

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End of Watch 13 January, 1947
City, St. 900 Blk. of Brevard Alley
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:28

Det. Shane Volk

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Det. Shane Volk

EVER EVER EVER Motto Divder

Off-duty Baltimore police detective killed in crash

10 July 2013

WMAR Staff

10:46 AM, Jul 10, 2013

6:20 PM, Jul 10, 2013

GLEN ARM, Md. - An off-duty Baltimore City police detective was killed in a single-car accident early Wednesday in Baltimore County.

According to Baltimore County police, the accident occurred around 1:50 a.m. at Glen Arm Road just north of Long Green Pike in Glen Arm. Police said a 2007 Jeep Wrangler driven by  Det. Shane Volk, 32, of Bel Air, was traveling northbound on Glen Arm Road.

The vehicle left the roadway, struck an embankment and then struck two mailboxes, according to a Baltimore County police news release. The driver was ejected. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics. The cause remains under investigation, and crash investigators have not yet determined if speed or alcohol were contributing factors, police said.

"This is tremendous loss to our police family.  Detective Volk was a well-liked, hard-working officer with a bright future both professionally and personally," said Baltimore  Police Commissioner Anthony Batts in a statement.  "This is particularly difficult because of the deep ties the Volk family has with the Baltimore Police - his father is a retired sergeant and his mother works with us in communications. Our heartfelt condolences are extended to the Volk's as we come together to support our extended family during this time of grief."

Volk, who was stationed in the Southern District, joined the department in September 2008. He served eight years as a Marine prior to joining the department  and served as a patrol member in the Eastern District and VCIS before becoming a detective last November.

"This is a heartbreaking tragedy for Detective Volk's family, for the members of the Baltimore Police Department, and for our city. Detective Volk was a dedicated officer who worked hard to protect and serve Baltimore's residents in the Southern District," said Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in a statement. "My thoughts and prayers are with Detective Volk's family, friends, and coworkers, who are suffering a terrible loss. I ask that we join together to support his family during this difficult time."

Volk is survived by his wife and one child. Police also confirmed that Volk's wife was also pregnant with the couple's second child.

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Baltimore police detective killed in county crash

Shane Volk, 32, was thrown from Jeep in Glen Arm accident

July 10, 2013|By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun

An off-duty Baltimore police detective from Bel Air was killed in a single-vehicle crash in Glen Arm early Wednesday, according to Baltimore County police.

Shane Volk, 32, who served in the U.S. Marines for eight years before joining the city police force in 2008, was northbound in a 2007 Jeep Wrangler on Glen Arm Road just north of Long Green Pike about 1:50 a.m. when his vehicle "left the roadway, struck an embankment, and then struck two mailboxes," county police said.


Volk was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, county police said.

In a statement, Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts said Volk, who served in the city's southern district, will be missed in the department, where his family has deep ties.

Volk's father is a retired sergeant, and his mother works in the department's communications office. Volk had served as a patrol officer in the eastern district and on the department's violent crime unit before becoming a detective in November. His goal, according to the Fraternal Order of Police, was to become a homicide detective.

"This is tremendous loss to our police family. Detective Volk was a well-liked, hardworking officer with a bright future both professionally and personally," Batts said. The department will "come together to support our extended family during this time of grief."

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake offered condolences in a statement, calling Volk a "dedicated officer who worked hard to protect and serve Baltimore's residents" and his death a "heartbreaking tragedy."

Baltimore police said Volk is also survived by his wife and one child.

Baltimore County police said the cause of the crash is under investigation.

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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:22

Capt. Harvey Von Harten

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Capt. Harvey Von Harten


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 Lt Harvey von HartenPhoto courtesy of Mrs. Linda Hresko,.. Captain Harvey von Harten's granddaughter
Lieutenant Harvey Von Harten

Capt. Harvey Von Harten

14 Jan 1941 -CAPT. HARVEY VON HARTEN, On this day in Baltimore Police History we lost our brother Capt. Harvey Von Harten died of a Heart attack several minutes after ending his shift and in the car on his way home, as his driver pulled up in front of his home, he grabbed his chest and slumped over in his seat. The Driver took him straight to the ER where he died when they failed to revive him. 

VON HARTEN, 61, HARBOR CHIEF, DIES SUDDENLY

15 Jan 1941

The Sun (1837-1987); pg. 24

Police Captain, Born In Tradition of Sea, Suffers Heart Attack - Oldest Marine Division Member, Began Service in Southern District Capt. Harvey Von Harten chief of the Baltimore harbor police, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon 14 Jan 1941. At the age of 61, he was the oldest member of the -department's marine division. He was said to be the only man on the force who was raised to the rank of lieutenant from that of patrolman. He received the promotion in February of 1921, two years after he joined the harbor patrol.

Promoted to Captaincy In 1931
He was elevated to the captaincy of the harbor police ten years later, in December of 1931. Captain Von Harten was born and bred in the tradition of seafaring. The son of George Von Harten, proprietor of a seaman's hotel on Pratt Street, near Gay, Von Harten as a youth often listened to sailors from all parts or the world as they spun their tales in the little lobby of the hotel.

Went to Sea as Youth
These stories and a love of the sea he inherited from his family had their effect on him. While still a young man he went to sea, making trips to Europe as an ordinary seaman. When he returned to Baltimore and before he was appointed to the police force, he acted as skipper of the Sunbeam. Ferrying the late Edward P. (Admiral) Duffy, waterfront reporter for The Sun, from boat to boat in the harbor.

Began In Southern District
He was appointed to the force in. June 1911, and was assigned to the Southern District. In March 1919, he was transferred to the police boat. Captain Von Harten saw five police boats come and go and he command three of them. The police boats Marshall Farnan and the Lannan were sold by the department long ago. Within the last year the new Charles D. Gaither was put in commission to take the place of the George G. Henry. The Robert D. Carter still is in service.

Averted Trouble in Strike
One of Captain Von Harten’s favorite stories about policing came out of the Longshoremen’s strike here about six years ago. The strikers formed picket lines with boats along the harbor and it was the job of the water-front police to patrol these lines. One afternoon a group of longshoremen landed on a company dock. This was private property, the act was trespassing and Captain Von Harten knew there was sure to be trouble. He ordered his men to drag out the fire hose. In a few minutes the dock was clear and trouble averted.

Arrests Negro in Robbery
Early in his career, while .he was patrolling a beat in the Southern district, a storekeeper called to Von, Harten as he passed the establishment. He ran inside, the proprietor Screamed he was being robbed, and a large Negro who was standing in front of the counter offered no resistance as he was arrested.

Trouble was Not Long in Coming
However Von Harten took him to a call box, and while they were waiting for a patrol wagon, the Negro whipped a butcher, knife out of his sleeve. In the struggle that followed, the Negro stabbed himself died. Von Harten was uninjured.

Uses Fireboats as Tugs
There was a big grain elevator fire at Locust Point about twenty years ago. The captain was fond of telling how during the fire the harbor police turned their boats to tugboat duty and pushed barges, loaded with freight cars full of grain, away from the piers to safety. Captain Von Harten was born in Baltimore and attended the public schools and the Polytechnic Institute. His first job was one in a boiler works obtained shortly after he left Poly. For several months he had been under physician's care for a heart ailment. He went on sick leave last November 14, but returned to duty December 9 and had been working regularly since that time.

Stricken in Front of Home
He died at 4.20 P. M., a few minutes after he left the police boat dock at the foot of Willis street. There he had told Lieut. Timothy Welsh, "I never felt better in my Life.” Patrolman Edward J. Travers drove the captain to his home at 3814 Echodale Avenue. Just as the automobile pulled up in front of the house, Captain Von Harten was stricken. Travers drove to the St. Joseph’s Hospital, where efforts to revive his superior for failed.

Received Numerous Awards
Twice during his career as a policeman, Captain Von Harten was commended for highly meritorious service of the department. He received numerous other awards. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ida Von Harten, of 1626 St. Paul Street, his wife, Mrs. Lottie Von Harten, one son, Harvey, Jr.

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End of Watch 14 Jan 1941
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Friday, 01 November 2019 09:12

Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs

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Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs

Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs

29 Jan 1944

Thursday, September 18, 2014

11:46 PM

On this day in Baltimore Police History 29 January 1944 we lost our Bother Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs after a serious fall in which his neck was broken, based on the following:

Policeman Dies in Fall Down Theater Stairs

Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs, who had been a member of the Police Department for 25 years, after his appointment in 1919 - Died late yesterday afternoon (written Jan 30, 1944) when he tripped in the balcony of a motion picture theater located in the 1400 block of W. Lafayette Ave. as he was leaving the projection booth after talking to the theater manager when he fell, they said and fell down the stairs, breaking his neck. Police reported that Patrolman Waldsachs who was assigned to the Northwestern district, was making a routine inspection of the theater.

Patrolman Waldsachs, was 54 years old and lived at 2023 Wheeler Ave., was taken to West Baltimore General Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Patrolman Waldsachs was– and was the beloved husband of Bessie Hughes Waldsachs.

Funeral for Martin Fahey and Sons, 1827 West North Ave., on Wednesday and 9:30 AM Requiem Mass at St. Gregory’s church at 10 AM Interment in Mount Mary Cemetery Towson

As his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department we will not let him be forgotten, His service Honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may he rest in peace, and may God bless him.

During his career Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs was in the sun paper for the following stories:
12 Mar 1919 - page 8 - NEGROES BEAT PATROLMAN
21 July 1926 - page 26 - NEGRO STABS LIEUTENANT OF POLICE IN HEAD
30 Jan 1944 – page 14 - DIES IN FALL POLICEMAN DOWN THEATER STAIRS – and
1 Feb 1944 – Page 14 - DEATHS

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NEGROES BEAT PATROLMAN

 Mar 12, 1919

The Sun (1837-1987); pg. 8

NEGROES BEAT PATROLMAN

JOSEPH WALDSACHS ATTACKED BY PRISONER AND THREE OTHERS.

Attacked by his Negro prisoner and three colored pedestrians. Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs of the Northwest district, was beaten into a semi-conscience condition with his own Espantoon early yesterday morning as he was walking a man to the patrol box for being disorderly in a lunchroom on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Patrolman Waldsachs was set into the restaurant in response to a telephone call. He arrested a Negro who seemed to be the louder of the disturbance.

While walking him to the box at Freemount Avenue and pressed man streets. The three Negroes jumped on Waldsachs and ordered him to release his hold on the prisoner. While three of the Negroes held the BLUECOAT. The fourth seized his nightstick and beat Waldsachs about the head.

Although weakened by the beating and the loss of blood. Waldsachs managed to reach the patrol box and summons the ambulance. He was taken to Maryland General Hospital, where eight cuts about his head were silent by Dr. Richards, resident physician. Waldsachs is now nursing his wounds at his home, 2117 Madison Avenue. He gave a good description of his assailants, and they were expected to be taken into custody within the next 24 hours.

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NEGRO STABS LIEUTENANT OF POLICE IN HEAD

21 July 1926

The Sun (1837-1987); pg. 26

NEGRO STABS LIEUT. OF POLICE IN HEAD

MATTHEW QUINN RECEIVES FOUR SERIOUS WOUNDS AND STRUGGLE

ASSAILANT ARRESTED AFTER FIGHT IN ALLEY

EDWARD WISDOM CHASED WHEN COLORED WOMAN CALLS FOR HELP

Struggling in a three-foot alley with a Negro last night, Lieut. Matthew Quinn, of the Northwest district, was stabbed seriously four times in the head. Lieut. Quinn is that the Col. hospital physician say he will recover.

One police reserves reached the scene they found Lieut. Quinn’s white On the ground with the blade of the Negroes knife stuck in the top and a handle broken off

EDWARD WISDOM HELD

The Negro, Edward wisdom, 630 Joseph and street, is locked up at the Northwestern police station. He is charged with attacking Lieut. Quinn and attempting to kill him.

About 8 PM wisdom called at the home of may Brown Negress S 1940 Myrtle Ave., and demanded entrance. He is a friend of her husband. She refused to admit him. She called for police and ran to the home of Dr. James C. Carper, 1063 Myrtle Ave.

CHASED BY PATROLMAN

Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs chased wisdom, who hid in an alley. As Lieut. Quinn, who had joined in the Chase, entered the alley wisdom attacked him. Patrolman Henry Moore, Elmer Johnson and Joseph Broxton, all of the Northwestern district, sooner rides.

Wisdom was overpowered and placed under arrest. Capt. Charles Lastner of the Northwestern district, sent Lieut. Quinn to the hospital.

NINE SHOT BY INSANE NEGRO

Five policeman, a druggist, a Negro boy, a Negro girl and a Negro man were shot by an insane Negro June 28 within a mile of last night stabbing. Patrolman Webster E Schuman, of the Northwestern district, died the following day he had been shot in the mouth.

Thomas Dillon, telephone clerk at the Northwestern police station, died July 12, he had been shot in the chest, the shot lodging in the spinal column.

VANIE LEE SHOT TO DEATH

Vanie Lee, the Negro responsible for the deaths of the two men, was shot to death at Lafayette and Argyle Avenue while hundreds of spectators, many of them carrying pistols, sought to reach him. He had been armed with two pistols and a rifle.

Investigation disclosed that Lee had been an inmate of the insane Ward in Baltimore city hospitals. He had been discharged because his condition seemed improved and because the limited facilities at the institution.

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DIES IN FALL POLICEMAN DOWN THEATER STAIRS

 30  Jan 1944

The Sun (1837-1987); pg. 14

POLICEMAN DIES IN FALL DOWN THEATER STAIRS

Patrolman Joseph Waldsachs, who had been a member of the Police Department for 25 years, was killed late yesterday afternoon when he tripped in the balcony of a motion picture theater and fell down the stairs, breaking his neck.

Police reported that patrolman Waldsachs who was assigned to the Northwestern district, was making a routine inspection of the theater, located in the 1400 block of W. Lafayette Ave. He was leaving the projection booth after talking to the theater manager when he fell, they said.

The policeman, who was 54 years old and lived at 2023 Wheeler Ave., was taken to West Baltimore General Hospital where he was pronounced dead patrolman Waldsachs joined the Police Department in 1919

Waldsachs – Suddenly on January 29, 1944, Joseph C. Waldsachs of 2023 Wheeler Ave., beloved husband of Bessie Hughes Waldsachs.

Funeral for Martin Fahey and Sons, 1827 West North Ave., on Wednesday and 9:30 AM Requiem Mass at St. Gregory’s church at 10 AM Interment in Mount Mary Cemetery Towson

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DEATHS


  1 Feb 1944


Sun Paper - pg. 14

WALDSACHS– suddenly on January 29 – 1944, Joseph C. Of 2023 Wheeler Ave., beloved husband of Bessie Hughes Waldsachs.

Funeral for Martin Fahey and sons, 1827 West North Ave., on Wednesday at 6:30 AM Requiem mass at St. Gregory’s church at 10 AM interment in Mount Mary Cemetery Towson

Once again, as his brothers and sisters of the Baltimore Police Department we will not let him be forgotten, his service honored the City of Baltimore, and the Baltimore Police Department may he rest in peace, and may God Bless him.
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