Voters overwhelmingly approved a charter amendment Tuesday, reaching the finish line of a long-fought effort to grant control of the Baltimore Police Department to Baltimore City.
“I’m relieved. It’s been a long journey in police reform here,” said Ray Kelly, executive director of the Citizens Policing Project.
For Kelly, it’s a victory years in the making. Spanning a century and a half, Baltimore’s police policy fell within the purview of the state government…