DEPARTMENT...FRO M FORMERCOMMISSIONER ANTHONY BATTS.
HESPOKE UNDER OATH, AT A VIRTUALMEETING OF THE COMMISSION TORESTORE TRUST IN POLICING.
THEGROUP HAS BEEN MEETING FORABOUT TWO YEARS..
BATTS SERVEDAS POLICE COMMISSIONER INBALTIMORE FROM 2012 UNTIL2015.
"I thought the vastmajority of the systems withinthe Baltimore PoliceDepartment were broken.
It wasone of the most batteredpolice organizations I thinkI've seen in my career.
And itwould take it buildingbasically from ground up." HETHINKS A LOT OF GOOD THINGSWERE DONE BY PREVIOUCOMMISSIONERS...A ND THAT THEOFFICERS WERE SOME OF THE MOSTCOURAGEOUS OFFICERS HE'S SEENIN HIS CAREER.
BATTS HAS BEENDOING CONSULTING WORK SINCE HELEFT BALTIMORE
This update covers the protection of freedoms of expression, association and peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan from January to April..