BPD Policies and Training Materials

Our policies set the standards and expectations for officer actions and guide the department’s training curriculum. A key part of the department’s reform efforts under the Consent Decree is to update our policies to incorporate national best-practices and feedback from the community.

On this page, you can browse and search all draft and active Baltimore Police Department policies. 

  • Draft policies are policies and training materials that are currently being revised and may be open for public comment.  
  • Active policies are current policies that have been adopted and trained upon. 

Policy and Training Development Process

Flowchart showing the policy and training development process

Under the Consent Decree (CD), the Baltimore Police Department’s policies and training undergo a stringent development process. This process includes collaboration with the Department of Justice and Monitoring Team as well as feedback from officers and members of the community.

A policy does not become an active policy until several steps are achieved. Take a look at the flowchart to learn more about BPD’s policy and training development process.

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More about draft policies and training materials

In 2017, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) entered into a court-approved Consent Decree with the United States Department of Justice to promote fair and constitutional policing through a set of comprehensive, specific, and transparent reforms. Adoption of the Consent Decree’s recommendations is a multi-year process. Throughout this process, the BPD is seeking feedback to ensure transparency and rebuild trust in the BPD. The BPD believes that community members and members of the Department should have an opportunity to review and comment on its draft policies before they are submitted to the Court for approval and adopted by the Department.

You are invited and encouraged to inspect our draft policies and submit feedback. All comments will be reviewed, and – as appropriate – may lead to changes in the policy.

To provide comment, click on the “Let’s Hear Your Feedback” button. Please include the policy number with your comments.

If you wish to leave contact information so that members of the BPD may follow up with you about your comments, please feel free to do so; otherwise, your comments will be anonymous.

Thank you for your lending your voice to this process.

More about active policies

The policies of the Baltimore Police Department (BPD), issued under the authority of the Police Commissioner, set forth the standards, values, and expectations of the BPD. These policies and procedures exist to maintain high levels of professional conduct and are the embodiment of the BPD's concerns for ensuring effective, safe, and constitutional law enforcement. We review evidence-based research and consult publications written by the Department of Justice, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Police Executive Research Forum, and other professional organizations to adopt policies that reflect national best practices.


Some information has been redacted from the policies because it is law enforcement sensitive. Other redactions are to ensure the safety of citizens, crime victims, and members of the Baltimore Police Department. Additional redacts shield internal telephone numbers and email addresses to ensure that confidential or privileged means of communication are not compromised.

Browse and Search Policies

Status
Public Comments
Title Status Policy Number Type of Content Public Comments
2024 Draft Stops, Searches, and Arrests Policies Draft N/A Policy Open
Rape and Sexual Assault Draft 708 Policy Open
Performance Evaluation Manual Sergeant Active N/A Closed
Reasonable Accommodations for Interactions with the Public Active 1739 Policy Closed
Misdemeanor Theft Procedures Draft 812 Policy Closed
Fall 2024 In Service Training Draft N/A Training Closed
2024 Community Policing Training Refresher Draft N/A Training Closed
Professional Appearance Standards Draft 312 Policy Closed
Facilities Management Procedures Active 1814 Policy Closed
Persons in Police Custody Draft 1114 Policy Closed
Cell Site Simulators Draft 1004 Policy Closed
Transport Vehicle Camera System Draft 825 Policy Closed
Seventh Year Monitoring Plan Draft N/A Other Closed
Sworn Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs) Draft 1709 Policy Closed
Behavioral Health Gap Analysis Implementation Plan Semiannual Report - Fall 2023 Draft N/A Other Closed
2024 Stops, Searches & Arrests Training Refresher Draft N/A Training Closed
BPD and Baltimore City Fire Department Behavioral Health Collaboration Training Draft N/A Training Closed
Behavioral Health Gap Analysis Implementation Plan Semiannual Report - Spring 2023 Active N/A Closed
Location Services Active 1605 Closed
Small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) Active 1512 Policy Closed