1.0Baltimore Beathttps://baltimorebeat.comBaynard Woods and Brandon Soderberghttps://baltimorebeat.com/author/baynard-woods-and-brandon-soderberg/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="h1XI2Y1FCq"><a href="https://baltimorebeat.com/maryland-courts-remove-police-officers-names-database-causing-outrage-among-lawyers-journalists-advocates-transparency/">Maryland courts remove police officer’s names from database, causing outrage among lawyers, journalists, and other advocates for transparency</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://baltimorebeat.com/maryland-courts-remove-police-officers-names-database-causing-outrage-among-lawyers-journalists-advocates-transparency/embed/#?secret=h1XI2Y1FCq" width="600" height="338" title="“Maryland courts remove police officer’s names from database, causing outrage among lawyers, journalists, and other advocates for transparency” — Baltimore Beat" data-secret="h1XI2Y1FCq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i0.wp.com/baltimorebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Screen-Shot-2018-03-02-at-6.24.07-PM.png?fit=2122%2C1196&ssl=121221196As Baltimore’s new police commissioner Darryl De Sousa calls for transparency in the wake of revelations of unprecedented police corruption, the Maryland Judiciary scrubbed the names of all arresting officers from Maryland Case Search, the public searchable database of cases, making it much harder for citizens, journalists, and even Internal Affairs detectives to root out […]