Court Proceedings Related to Independent Investigation

Hearing before Judge James K. Bredar regarding the Investigation (Oct. 24, 2019)

Order of Judge James K. Bredar approving the Investigation (Oct. 29, 2019) 

Presentation by Michael R. Bromwich of Steptoe to U.S District Court on Results of GTTF Investigation, January 20, 2022.

Testimony of Michael R. Bromwich before the Commission to Restore Trust in Policing

Letters Sent to Defendants Requesting Interviews

Letters of January 14, 2020 Sent to Defendants

Letters of July 28, 2020 Sent to Defendants

Related Press Coverage

• “Baltimore Police announce outside investigation into the Gun Trace Task Force scandal” The Baltimore Sun. October 23, 2019

• “Cops and Robbers” The Baltimore Sun. June 12, 2019

• “The Tragedy of Baltimore” The New York Times. March 12, 2019

• “When Cops Become Robbers” BBC. April 3, 2018

Additional Resources

August 10, 2016 DOJ Report Regarding the Baltimore Police Department

Baltimore Police Department Consent Decree

Commission to Restore Trust in Policing

• Hearings and Proceedings, 2018-2020

• Final Report, December 2020

Resources

GTTF Corruption Scandal Resources

GTTF Corruption Scandal Court Proceedings and Court Submissions

U.S. District Court Proceedings Relating to Defendants

Trial Proceedings in United States v. Hersl and Taylor, Case No. CCB-17-106

Post-Report Press Coverage, Presentation, and Correction

• “‘No heroes here’: Exhaustive report lays out two decades of Baltimore Police and city failure that led to GTTF scandal” The Baltimore Sun January 13, 2022

• “‘Catastrophic institutional failure.’ How a corrupt Baltimore Police officer survived, and thrived, during a decade of criminal behavior” The Baltimore Sun January 14, 2022

• Presentation by Michael R. Bromwich at University of Baltimore Law School, February 22, 2022

• Report Correction re Major Antonio Rodriguez (Ret.)