Report highlights alleged police misconduct in west Baltimore A community group is giving a voice to people they said have been victims of police misconduct. The No Boundaries Coalition released a report on Tuesday that details, alleged police misconduct in west Baltimore. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT KIM? KIM: COALITION MEMBERS SAY THIS REPORT IS ABOUT GIVING RESIDENTS OF WEST BALTIMORE A VOICE AND HOPING THAT SOME OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE RECOGNIZED ON A HIGHER LEVE THE NO BOUNDARIES COALITION GATHERED NOT FAR FROM NORTH AND PENN TUESDAY EVENING WITH THEIR COMPLETED REPORT ON ALLEGED POLICE MISCONDUCT IN WEST BALTIMORE IN HAND. >> I HOPE THERE IS A STRUCTURED VOICE FROM THIS COMMUNITY ON EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING DOWN. KIM: ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, THEY CONTACTED 1500 RESIDENTS IN THE SANDTOWN-WINCHESTE NEIGHBORHOOD. OF THOSE, 453 REPORTED WITNESSING POLICE MISCONDUCT, BUT ONLY 39 GAVE FORMAL TESTIMONY ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. >> THERE WERE A LOT OF INSTANCES OF STOP AND FRISK WHERE THAT'S KINDA ROUTINE WITH YOUNG BLACK MEN IN THE COMMUNITY, JUST TO BE PROFILING, SO TO SPEAK, THEIR DISRESPECT IS A BIG THING WITH MOST OF THE RESIDENTS HERE. KIM: THE COALITION PLANS TO SUBMIT THE REPORT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE BALTIMORE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE REPORT OUTLINES RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDING ANTI-RACISM TRAINING FOR ALL OFFICERS, DE-ESCALATION AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS TRAINING, SIMPLIFYING THE COMPLAINT PROCESS, AND INCREASING TRANSPARENCY. >> WE WANT TO HAVE MORE CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT ON EVERY LEVEL, SO NOT ONLY WITH THE BALTIMORE CIVILIAN REVIEW BOARD, BUT WE WANT TO ADOPT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BILL OF RIGHTS. KIM: THE COALITION SAYS THEY ARE NOT WORKING AGAINST POLICE, BUT RATHER HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR YEARS. SEVERAL OFFICERS FROM THE WESTERN DISTRICT ATTENDED THE RALLY AND LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS. >> I GOTTA COMMEND THE NEW MAJORS LIKE MAJOR BRISCO. SHE'S TRYING TO ACTUALLY RE-INTRODUCE THE POLICE FORCE TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO TO GET BACK FROM WHERE WE WERE IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR KIM: WE DID REACH OUT TO T

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