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NRP, Special Olympics Maryland team up for safety, awareness and active shooter training
BALTIMORE -- The Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) is teaming up with Special Olympics Maryland (SOMD) to teach their athletes what to do if they're ever in an active assailant or shooter situation. For the first time ever, Special Olympics staff, coaches, and athlete leaders took part in the training, offered by NRP's Training Division with the help of the Maryland State Police and Maryland Transportation Authority Police.Wednesday afternoon at the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions, the athletes sat down for an interactive training to learn how to stay safe and respond in different types of active emergency situations. "Hopefully, they'll...
Walters Art Museum opens Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize finalists exhibition for 2024
The Walters Art Museum on Wednesday opened an exhibit showcasing the work of three finalists competing for the 2024 Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize, whose winner will be announced next month. Now in its 19th year, named for two champions of the arts in Baltimore, the award is one...
Two Additional Frederick Avenue Shooting Victims Located
Thank you for reading Baltimore Witness. Help us continue our mission into 2024. On July 16, at around 5:41 p.m., Baltimore Police Department officers responded to the 2400 block of Frederick Avenue to investigate a call for a shooting. Upon arrival, officers observed a 20-year-old male suffering from numerous life-threatening...
Violence Prevention Researchers Release Toolkit Aimed at Establishing Violence Reduction Councils in Local Communities to Save Lives
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have developed a new toolkit to guide community efforts for violence prevention. The toolkit, developed by experts at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions and supported by the Bloomberg American Health Initiative, provides a framework for cities to establish violence reduction councils—an interdisciplinary, data-driven public health approach aimed at proactively preventing a cross-section of violence rather than responding to it.
Barricade Situation Reported on West Road in Essex
Baltimore County Police reported officers on the scene of a barricade in the 200 block of West Road in Essex. The incident was reported early Wednesday morning before 4 a.m. Baltimore County Police later reported at around Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. that the barricade situation had concluded. There was no...
Maryland Organization Touring State to Talk About Blueprint Education Reform Plan
A grassroots organization that advocates for education equity in Maryland could soon be in a jurisdiction near you to talk about the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future education reform plan. The staff with Strong Schools Maryland has already visited four counties this summer – Dorchester, Anne Arundel, Garrett and Prince George’s – to talk about the […]
Baltimore Police facing severe staff shortages, risking officer burnout
Wednesday afternoon, two police officers were scheduled to patrol Baltimore's second-largest and second-deadliest district. A copy of the shift schedule in the city's Northeastern police district shows four other officers agreed to voluntarily work overtime and seven other officers were drafted and required to work overtime. "At some point, they're...
Maryland leaders celebrate graduation of first cohort of Gov. Wes Moore’s service year program
Gov. Wes Moore (D) and Mayor Brandon M. Scott (D) spoke at the commencement for the first cohort of the Maryland Corps Service Year Option, a campaign promise of Moore’s. “Keep doing you, keep serving, keep protecting each other. This is going to be a moment that people will remember for generations to come and they are going to remember you,” said Moore to the large cohort of graduates at Camden Yards in Baltimore on July 16. “I want to thank you for being leaders and making your entire state proud.”
Bridge on I-83 in Harrisburg, connecting city to Baltimore, receives $500M in federal funding
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bridge in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, which is an important part of linking the city to Baltimore, will receive $500 million from the federal government, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced Wednesday. The funds, given to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, are part of the Large...
Johns Hopkins begins CIO search
The Johns Hopkins University is looking for a new chief investment officer following the departure of Jason Perlioni in June. Perlioni took on the CIO role in 2017 after a 15-year career in the private sector, most of it at Pritzker Group Asset Management. Based in the Chicago area, he is said to be looking […]
Baltimore County spending $550K to shield 2020 settlement to brother of county executive’s friend
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.’s administration secretly paid his friend’s brother an $83,675 settlement after backing out of an agreement to increase the retired firefighter’s pension, which county lawyers said would have violated state law. And now, the administration could pay more than half a million dollars on a fight in court to keep secret details about the settlement. ...
MSP: Small plane crashed into water on Eastern Shore
(From WBAL-TV 11) The Maryland State Police are investigating a small plane crash in the Tred Avon River on the Eastern Shore Tuesday morning, which resulted in the death of Robert Eugene Merlini, 56, of Annapolis. “Today is a really sad day for the aviation community, but also the scientific community,” said David Abrams, the director of communications for the Maryland Department of the Environment.
More than 2 dozen lifeguard certifications revoked in Montgomery County due to improper training
BETHESDA, Md. - Have you ever given much thought to how well-trained the lifeguards are at the swimming pools you and your family visit? After new details about some Montgomery County trainers cutting corners in their courses, you might want to. All lifeguards are supposed to be trained and certified...
‘What are the parents supposed to do,’ Families in Montgomery County rally to reinstate MCPS Virtual Academy
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) — Families in Montgomery County are continuing to raise concerns after the school board cut the virtual academy program from the budget. On June 11, the Board of Education decided to not include funding for the Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) in the 2024-2025 school budget, forcing the academy to […]
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