Judge dismisses request to review private police agreement between BPD, Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE- A Baltimore judge dismissed a request to review the memorandum of understanding between the Baltimore Police Department and Johns Hopkins University over a private police force. In a press release, the judge ruled that the court lacks jurisdiction to examine the MOU between BPD and Johns Hopkins that "green-lighted the university's operation of an armed police force in Baltimore City." "I'm disappointed but not surprised," plaintiff Donald Grisham said about the ruling. The group plans to appeal the ruling. According to the draft document, the university's armed officers will...