Given promises by Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman and police Chief Amal Awad about transparency on police conduct, public notice about a police trial board has been discouraging.
In a digital world accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic that pushed most government proceedings online, Anne Arundel County activists called on the police department Wednesday to adapt their policies and stream officer disciplinary hearings over the internet.
An Anne Arundel County police detective who allegedly put his knee on the kneck of a Black man pinned to the ground in 2019 will face a trial board, arguing to overturn a recommendation that he be fired.
State Roundup: More than 1M doses of Covid-19 vaxx delivered to Marylanders; expansion of tax credit to non-citizens moves forward over GOP objections
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1M+ DOSES GIVEN IN STATE: Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes that Maryland’s health care providers have administered more than 1 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine, Gov. Larry Hogan said Friday. “Even with this good news, this will continue to be a long process for many more months before enough vaccines will be available,” Hogan said in a 2-minute video.
M&T STADIUM VAXX CANCELED FOR THOUSANDS: Thousands of Marylanders signed up for vaccine appointments at M&T Bank Stadium, only to have them canceled after the University of Maryland Medical System said the booking link was made “inadvertently” public, McKenna Oxenden and Christine Condon of the Sun report.