Baltimore police update
Baltimore must be the only American city where firing all the police would actually make the crime rate decrease.

When you think about it, Baltimore's police procedures make sense as a form of vertical integration. Why wait for the criminals to create crimes for you to solve? Why not be proactive? Just have the police commit the crimes, skip the middle man, and pass the savings on to us. The police get to benefit two ways
(1) by deliberately not solving the crimes, they get to keep the loot
(2) they get a bigger budget to combat the crime wave. It's genius!

Cop Accused In Rim Theft Due In Court
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
WBAL Radio and The Associated Press

The Baltimore police officer accused of stealing tires and rims from a car being held in an investigation is due for arraignment Wednesday.

Prosecutors say that 35 year old Che Christopher Jackson of Randallstown was indicted late last month on one count of felony theft.

The indictment says that a Cadillac Deville seized as part of an investigation of a shooting on Brehms Lane was held at the Northeastern District last January. The car had 20 inch Rox Fossill rims and Wanli tires.

The grand jury and prosecutors believe that sometime over the next two days, Jackson took the tires and rims from the original car and had them placed on his own Cadillac Deville.

If he is convicted, Jackson could be hit with up to 15 years in prison or a fine of up to $25,000.

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