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Criminal Justice

A Baltimore County police sergeant beat a man in a precinct holding cell. He was reprimanded for swearing. (The Baltimore Sun)

Won 2023 best in show for general news story from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association.

Three Baltimore County Police officers charged with misconduct, one with assault, in Baltimore City incident (The Baltimore Sun)

After the publication of this story, which describes body-worn camera footage showing an officer pepper-spraying a handcuffed suspect in the face, the Baltimore County Police Department released the video publicly.

N.H. police departments vary on transparency, responses to Right to Know requests show (The Concord Monitor)

Growing ranks: Number of N.H. police has grown twice as fast as state population over past 20 years (The Concord Monitor)

Part of the five-part series Counting Cops, which won first place in government reporting and second place in the investigative category from the New Hampshire Press Association in 2022 along with a Publick Occurences Award from the New England Newspapers and Press Association in 2023.

‘He didn’t need to go to jail’: Dementia experts fear more run-ins with police as condition becomes more prevalent (The Baltimore Sun)

Won 2023 best in show for medical/science reporting from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association.

In the 12 days Baltimore police took to serve a domestic warrant, an 81-year-old was killed (The Baltimore Sun)

Spike in new road rage shootings reminds family of loss: ‘My life has stopped’ (The Baltimore Sun)

Immigration and Labor

‘Digitizing Pandora’s Box’: Why Civil Liberty Experts Fear DOGE’s Immigrant Database (Documented NY)

Trump Immigrant Registration Plan Is a Scare Tactic, Law Experts Say (Documented NY)

For immigrant workers who die in US, a body’s journey home is one last struggle (The Baltimore Sun)

‘We are the workforce that this country needs’: Key Bridge crew died doing essential labor (The Baltimore Sun)

Awaiting closure, Maynor Suazo Sandoval’s family remembers him as a happy provider (The Baltimore Sun)

Government Accountability

Baltimore County spending $550K to shield 2020 settlement to brother of county executive’s friend (The Baltimore Sun)

This reporting prompted an investigation from the county’s office of the inspector general.

Dump trucks, real estate, Venmo: Baltimore County executive’s ties to brother of firefighter who got settlement (The Baltimore Sun)

Baltimore Housing Authority rule change after Brooklyn shootings slammed as ‘victim-blaming’ by critics (The Baltimore Sun)

Sununu cites “executive privilege” to deny records on the sale of downtown DOT buildings (The Concord Monitor)

Won second place New Hampshire Press Association government reporting award in 2021.

Baltimore County schools use virtual learning as punishment. Experts say that hurts students (The Baltimore Sun)

Sex Abuse

Bishop, other high-ranking Baltimore Catholic officials identified as those who helped cover up sexual abuse (The Baltimore Sun)

After this story, one official named resigned from a hospital board. Another’s transfer to a prominent parish was canceled.

Maryland Catholic Church abuse database: Search the list (The Baltimore Sun).

Won 2023 MDDC Best in Show Award for Public Service.

In new lawsuit filed under Child Victims Act, 25 people allege sex abuse at Cheltenham Youth Detention Center in Maryland (The Baltimore Sun)

OTHER FEATURES

Patterson Bowling Center, the oldest continuously operating duckpin alley in the country, might be saved (The Baltimore Sun)

For 20 years, Baltimore County program has helped parents behind on child support find jobs (The Baltimore Sun)