How does this affect people?
Effects on Pretrial
On December 3, 2019, State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby stated that she holds a list of 305 officers who she deems as unreliable to be questioned on the stand in trial.
This list has become the forefront of the MPIA requests BALT has made. This list has the potential to impact people who are incarcerated during pretrial or arrested by officers with integrity issues. Read more about how this list can be a tool for defense lawyers to keep people out of jail cells.
“Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants”
- Louis D. Brandeis
Public Safety
Many of the officers that are named in the State’s Attorney's Office’s no call list are still employed by the Baltimore Police Department. If these officers cannot be trusted to testify, how can they be trusted on our streets? Through the refusal of access to these public files, the SAO is putting Baltimore citizens at risk of unknowingly encountering a cop with compromised credibility.