New policy change in Baltimore could make police officers financially responsible for lawsuits
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Subject: New policy change in Baltimore could make police officers financially responsible for lawsuits Sat Feb 10, 2018 5:13 pm
Baltimore’s police union is warning that a new change in policy from the city solicitor’s office may make officers responsible for payouts from lawsuits, which will likely have a chilling effect on the department as a whole.
In an email message to members, police union president Gene Ryan said that the city has “generally supported” officers in the past by paying out punitive damages as well as compensatory damages that were awarded litigants in civil jury trials.
But new city solicitor Andre Davis, a former federal judge who was hired by the city last year, has altered the policy.