Baltimore at a glance
Population by race and Hispanic origin
Cities in this database with the most similarly-sized populations
Full-time law enforcement staff, Baltimore Police Department
- 2,047 Officers
- 474 Civilian staff
Full-time law enforcement officers per 1,000 residents
- 4.46 Baltimore
- 2.4 National average, cities with 250,000+ population
- 2.2 National average
These figures reflect the Baltimore Police Department only, and do not include state or other police agencies that may be present in this location.
Federal grant funding for Baltimore
Data was last updated October 15, 2023
We identified over $21.8M in federal grant funding, FY 2015-2025
Grant funding over time
Grant funding by federal department
Recent grants
Military equipment transfers
Data last updated April 23, 2025
$21.4K value of military equipment has been transferred to the Baltimore Police Department
The highest-value stock number reported is RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER with 19 items valued at $499.00 each
Recent equipment transfers
Ship date | Item and National Stock Number (NSN) | Quantity | Acquisition value, each | Acquisition value, total | DEMIL code | DEMIL IC |
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3/24/2014 | SIGHT,REFLEX 1240-01-411-1265 |
24 | 24 @ $342.00 | $8,208.00 | D | 1 |
2/18/2004 | RIFLE,5.56 MILLIMETER 1005-00-073-9421 |
19 | 19 @ $499.00 | $9,481.00 | D | 1 |
7/18/2000 | SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPE 1005-00-921-5483 |
20 | 20 @ $108.00 | $2,160.00 | D | 1 |
1/28/1999 | SHOTGUN,12 GAGE,RIOT TYPE 1005-00-921-5483 |
10 | 10 @ $108.00 | $1,080.00 | D | 1 |
Local police misconduct data, consent decrees, and settlements
Data last updated July 9, 2025
Consent decree
Baltimore has a consent decree with the Department of Justice that went into effect on Apr 7, 2017.
Settlements
We identified 9 publicly reported settlements that resulted in policy changes and $55,234,000.00 in monetary compensation to victims.
Year | Description | Outcome |
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2022 |
Baltimore’s Board of Estimates awarded a $300,000 settlement to Kevron Evans after he sued Officer Daniel Hersl of the Baltimore Police Department’s disbanded Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). Evans filed the suit in March 2022, alleging that Hersl and other officers with the GTTF planted crack cocaine on him, applied for warrants based on false allegations, and illegally arrested him following a 2012 search. Evans originally sought $1.5 million in damages in a case that was dismissed in 2020. The parties agreed to the 2022 settlement to avoid the expense and uncertainty of prolonged litigation. Hersl, one of eight GTTF members indicted on charges including racketeering, robbery, extortion, and overtime fraud, was sentenced to eighteen years in prison. As of June 2022, the City of Baltimore had paid over $14 million to settle lawsuits related to GTTF misconduct. |
Compensation
$300,000.00 |
2022 |
In 2019, the family of Malcolm Bryant filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department, Detective William F. Ritz, and Forensic Analyst Barry Verger for their role in Bryant’s wrongful conviction. The City agreed to settle the case for $8 million in 2022. Bryant was convicted of murdering Toni Bullock, a sixteen-year-old girl, in 1998 and spent seventeen years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. He was later exonerated through the use of DNA evidence in 2016, but he passed away within a year of his release from prison. His family later filed a lawsuit against the Baltimore Police Department, Ritz, and Verger, arguing that they did not disclose exculpatory evidence and destroyed evidence that would have proved Bryant’s innocence. |
Compensation
$8,000,000.00 |
2022 |
The spending board of Baltimore, Maryland, approved settlements totaling $195,000 with two people who had drugs planted on them by a police task force. In 2012, Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) planted drugs on and subsequently arrested Kyle Knox and Shaune Berry. Both served two years in jail before charges were dismissed. The corrupt task force often targeted people by planting evidence, and many of those targeted served time after being convicted. Prior to this $195,000 settlement, Baltimore had already spent more than $13 million compensating victims of GTTF as of January 2022. |
Compensation
$195,000.00 |
2021 |
The City of Baltimore settled a lawsuit with Yusef Smith, who served jail time because of an officer’s false testimony. Officer Michael O’Sullivan arrested Smith due to his proximity to a gun on the ground. Smith was subsequently charged with illegal possession of a handgun and other firearm offenses. O’Sullivan wrote a false statement saying that he saw Smith throw the gun before fleeing the scene. O’Sullivan repeated this testimony at trial, causing Smith to be convicted. O’Sullivan was later convicted of perjury, sentenced to 15 months in prison, and then eventually resigned from the police department on December 1, 2020. Smith will receive $100,000 from the city. |
Compensation
$100,000.00 |
2020 |
In November 2020, the City of Baltimore approved a multimillion-dollar payment to settle several lawsuits concerning the city’s Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF). The payments will settle seven cases of police misconduct against Baltimore’s corrupt GTTF and include $8 million to two men the GTTF planted narcotics on in 2010. Umar Burley and Brent Matthews, the recipients of the largest settlement payment, served time in prison after an illegal car chase conducted by Baltimore Police. The chase resulted in the death of an 86-year-old man. Two separate but related lawsuits amounted to nearly $600,000 in settlement payments. Several officers on the GTTF were convicted of federal crimes, such as racketeering for robbing city residents. |
Compensation
$10,000,000.00 |
2020 |
Officials announce policy changes to limit discrimination in hiring by the police force. Baltimore County announced in November 2020 that it will refrain from using written examinations for police recruitment purposes. A 2019 lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that the County was engaging in unintentional employment discrimination against African Americans applicants. The lawsuit asserted the African American applicants were discriminated against in the hiring of entry-level police officer and cadet positions by heavily weighing examination scores in hiring decisions. DOJ officials argued that hiring examinations were not job-related and disproportionately excluded African Americans. |
Policy changes |
2020 |
The Baltimore Police Department settled claims of sexual harassment and discrimination with Luis Garcia, a Hispanic Officer, for $62,000. Officer Garcia’s lawsuit alleged that the Baltimore Police Department has a pattern of discrimination against Hispanic men. His suit was filed separately but is related to another settlement granted to Officer Jasmin Rowlett. |
Compensation
$62,000.00 |
2020 |
The Baltimore Police Department settled claims of race and sex-based discrimination as well as sexual harassment with Jasmin Rowlett, a Black female officer Rowlett and fellow Officer Luis Garcia were accused of fraternization by their colleagues, who also spread rumors about a relationship between the two. Rowlett also alleged that her supervisor made suggestive comments towards her. |
Compensation
$77,000.00 |
2010 - 2019 |
Between 2010 and 2014, Baltimore spent $12 million on police misconduct cases; between 2015 and 2019, Baltimore taxpayers paid a total of $24.5 million for police misconduct settlements. In 2015, The Wall Street Journal released an analysis of settlement totals from instances of police misconduct among the ten largest local police departments in the nation. Many of the cases involved in the analysis involved alleged beatings, shootings, and wrongful imprisonment. The analysis determined that, between 2010 and 2014, the City of Baltimore spent $12 million on police misconduct cases. A separate analysis conducted by Baltimore Brew concluded that Baltimore taxpayers paid $24.5 million for police misconduct settlements between fiscal years 2015 and 2019. |
Compensation
$36,500,000.00 |