Posted on 05/26/24
| News Source: FOX45
Baltimore, MD - May 26, 2024 - Baltimore City Police Commissioner Richard Worley says the city is still recovering from the policies of former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby.
"In the past, we weren't able to enforce the laws, now we can enforce the laws and our cops will do it," said Worley on Wednesday.
As State's Attorney, Mosby refused to prosecute many low-level crimes, announcing at a news conference in 2021, "Clearly the data suggests that there is no public safety value to prosecuting low-level crimes," said Mosby.
The decision came five years after Mosby's failed prosecution of six city police officers for the death of Freddie Gray.
"Police became a dirty word under Marilyn Mosby," said Attorney David Ellin, who represented one of those six cleared officers.
Ellin predicts it could be years before the city recovers from the damage produced by Mosby's decisions.
"She frightened off a huge pool of police applicants who could be helping the city right now," said Ellin.