3 3 3 the mayor brings in an outsider to head up the police department.the newly appointed commissioner. doctor anthony batts. held his first news co. conference.meggn gilliland is here wiih morr on his plans for our city and why some top commanders are now feeling uncertain about the future. gooo morning guys,we ve learned commissioner batts has already met with commanders. they were told to coopete for positions by submitting resumes. batts says he expects to have a well disciplined and focused police department.he has decades of experience in law enforcment. heading up departments in oakland and long beach. most receetly he was the c-e-o of a police consulting firm and served as a researcher for harvard university.at this point, he says he doesn t intend to make any changes in how baltimore pid have this to say. 23:22:07 if i do my job correctly and well when my time is up is that we make sure we have someone from baltimore put in that position nd serves the organization c
3 3 3 wednesday, august 28th , 3 3 3 3 3 3 breaking neww breaking news just into our plaquemines parish, louisiana have overflowed after huuricane iiaac hit.this is the town where the hurricane first made landfall last nnght. night.isaac brought with it sustainee winds of 80-miles- rains.plaquemines parish is about 60 miles south of new orleans. where they re bracing for the first test of their upgraded levees there. billionn were pent to upgrade them after hurricane katrina hit even years ago today.the mayor says he expects the worst of the storm to hit his city this morning. bringing hoppssthe levees will hold. i would sayythat the levees are in a lot better shape, i will not speculate until this thing is over with, because we can have isolated incidents of failure onnthe levee, and i m convinced that anything built by man can be destroyed by mother nature. the storm has already caused significant flooding.. and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes ann busine
33 baltimore has a new police commissioner.the mayor appointed doctor anthony batts as the new top cop. cop.and some baltimore city council members are voicing their outrage.megan gilliland is here with more on why they re upset about this decision. good morning guys,commissioner batts has decades of experience in law enforcment. heading up departments in oakland and long beach. but some council members still aren t sure it was the right decisionn decision.in fact. they re publicly questioning the mayor and the direction she s decided to go. hiring an outsider for the job. councilman brandon scott. tells us he expected to hhar that cting police commissioner anthony barkssaae got the job. 23:03 right now were seeing historic crime lows in baltimore from the plannwe work being done by the commaadd team we have in place today so concerned about changing that because it has us heading in the right direction at this point, batts says he doesn t intend to make any changes in how th
fiber map 3 the mayor announces a new police commissioner this week. week.the newly appointed commissioner comes from oakland california. california.tom rodgers is here with more on his plans for our city. aloog with your other mayor awllngs-blake introduccd our new pommissioner anthony atts &phere on fox45 earlier this mo. experience in law decades of - departments in oakland and long beach. most recently he was the cce-o of a police consulting firm and served ass university.batts told us here at fox45. he s ready to weave himself into the fabric of baltimore. ((22:27:11 you come in and put my r tweaks on things. from - command staff :29)) :29))batts firrt ddy on the job. will be september 22th. by the way. outside of law enforcement. ommissioner patts said issalrrady a huge ravens fan. 3 we are following a developing story out of baltimore county.. police shoot a naked mannoutside of a motel in arbutus.it happened just before 4 this morning aa the beetway motel on washing
45 violence.triggered the what 3 3 3 3- 3 3 3 3 & 3 33 school is expected to start on time thhs morning at perry hall high school..one day after a student goes on a shooting rampage on the first day of school. school.the suspect is waking up in police custody this morning.at this hour, detectives are trying to get out exactly what happened and w. this story.joel d. smith is live from the scene with what students are saying about the suspect. and megan gilliland is also there. where students are now rallying around he vvcttm. victim.megan? good morning guys,we re live attthe flagpole this service is expected to happen att7:15.students are rallying around the victim. with posters that read pray for dan. daniel .(grandmother) a 17 year ood was shot with a shot g guu daniell.. a special needs student with down syndrome. waa eating lunch in the cafeteria when he was shot in the back.his family tells us he is out of sugery now. n critical condition.at this point. police believe