laura newman created a task force, following dozens of complaints made against the police department. it involved former police chief toll vee and. >>> last week's activities had to be canceled due to the weather. this is video from night out events. everything starts at 6:00 at the fire department's carnival grounds. the goal is to highlight crime and drug prevention awareness and build bonds. >>> not too early for those oh opential candidates to begin testing waters including joe biden. agreed to travel to iowa to be part of a steak fry. iowa holds the first presidential caucus, sometimes can make or break or make or break a campaign's momentum. biden hasn't said if he is going to make a run for the nomination in 2016. >>> seems like more than 1300 riders, mac train station, one of the busiest on the penn line. they are celebrating the new look. ribbon cutting scheduled at 10:00. >>> batman returning to baltimore, more than a year after the traffic stop. robinson at sinai today, arriving in his custom bat mobiles visiting patienting family and staff. >>> let's talk about the tempera

. >> laura newman announces a new beginning for law enforcement in her county, releasing the scope of an independent task force formed in may to review allegations of wrongdoing brought on by the past administration. former executive john leopold resigned in january after being found two -- being found guilty misconduct in of office. the law enforcement officers got dragged into the match and was not fair. >> their hard work was overshadowed by the scandal and the drama. it is a very dedicated and special group of folks. >> it is made up of a group of retired law-enforcement officials led by fred b. field -- fred bealefeld. he said it is working like a well oiled machine and the county executive would just have to make some tweaks. >> we thought a distraction at theommand level that predominated the discussion. i think she has gone a long way to fixing the problem. >> the report consisted of 10 different recommendations, including hiring a permanent chief of police, which the county did with chief davis, reviewing how officers get promoted and fixing a compression issues, reviewing pr

laura newman expected to announce findings of a task force. it was looking in to allegations against the department dating back to john lepoled's administration. >>> porter is accused of hiring someone to kill her husband in towson three years ago. porter claims the threats and abuse got so bad she had no choice but to kill him. she never reported abuse or threats oh police. >>> attack and purse snatching at a mall turns in to bravery. 26-year-old adam gray assaulted a woman inside a jc penney and took off with her purse. five men chased gray down outside the mall catching him near his car before taking him down and holding him until police arrived. i heard people yelling, he stole the purse and took the purse. i ran out, it was my instinct to run to help somebody. >> the victim was not seriously jude and got her purse back. gray faces robbery, theft, false statements and assault. police say initially he lied about his name. >>> summer activity so blame for the death of a man. a man was mowing his lawn, police say he was mowing the lawn on a h

that's how current anne arundel executive laura newman described the last years of john leopold's time. that blue ribbon panel was headed by forner police commissioner fred bealefeld. today the panel released their findings there. were 10 recommendations including better pay for higher ranks, a more responsive internal affairs and a better way to promote officers. the new game change was to hire a new chief and bealefeld said the recent hire of chief kevin davis was the right move. >> i have a lot of faith in chief davis. i've known him for awhile, but having a chief, having a cleave in there that's going to be around for a little minute is important. that's an important first step. >> bealefeld also said the panel on its recommendations had mostly to dro with the way the department was run at the top and that the rank and file officers in the department really are doing a fine job. >>> there's some major changes coming to the country's criminal justice system. attorney general eric holder introduced sweeping new law reforms. he said under his changes there will be no plan da torrey se

. >> laura newman will announce the findings of an investigation into the police department.n the department. >> the city council is expected to introduce a resolution to increase the minimum wage in baltimore city. there is the controversial harbor point project. >> there'll be a new president at notre dame university. whoreplaces james connolly, stepped down over the weekend for family reasons. >> 5:31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> there may be some fog out there. some light sprinkles in some spots in northern baltimore county. maybe something could pop up near rising sun. it is a dry start to the day. a little bit more humid, though. upper 80's this afternoon. typical summer heat. a small chance for a shower in spots. watch out for the storm chances tomorrow. >> we are tracking an accident near liberty road on the inner loop. let's see if any delays are forming. cap, wet starts to the will see some delays. inner loop traffic at liberty road and you can see a delay. the right lane is blocked at the accident scene. loopf the traffic -- outer traffic l

laura newman one ounce the finding of an investigation she ordered into the police department.als to review allegations of wrongdoing within the anne arundel county department. some of those issues resolved around john leopold and larry toliver. ks.ool starts in two wee new teachers will begin their orientation in anne arundel county. the interim superintendent will address the group of more than 400 new teachers at the start of their orientation session. students return to class and exactly two weeks from today. mark it on your calendar. >> here is a look at what is coming up next on the "today" show. scene of alive at the a breaking news event in florida. police say a sinkhole is expanding. asa tribute to cory monteith she makes her first public appearance since his death. >> how to keep your family from becoming victims. >> tracy morgan gives us an exclusive look inside his man cave. every man needs that. "today."oming up on >> >> now weather and traffic on the 1's. >> we have an accident southbound 95 just prior to the aberdeen exit. boston street, tracking an accident. we

. >> reporter: laura newman formed a task force to look into the problem. >> we didn't see systemic problems. we saw a distraction. >> reporter: instead bill phelps said it was a few bad apples. john leopold was convicted of misconduct. that investigation also reveals officers in his protection detail had helped him carry out his criminal activity. amidst the allegations, former chief james tier resigned. his replacement larry toliver lasted nine months before stepping down. today the task force gave 10 reg -- 10 recommendations to the department and finding a new leader. >> all of the agencies suffer. this time around the police department suffered. >> reporter: other recommendations were to hire a private executive protection staff. increase ethics oversight, review the structure of the department and improve internal investigations. >> people need to know that there are recourses. that the internal investigations unit is effective. >> reporter: and the report also found the department never completed its internal investigation into the officers that were involved with leopold and it recom

. >> reporter: laura newman formed a task force to into into the problem.rs included phil belfield. >> we did not see systemic problems we saw a distraction. >> reporter: instead belfield said it was a few bad apples. former county executive john leopold was conducted of misconduct. officers in his protection detail had helped him carry out his criminal activity. amidst the allegations, former chief james tier resigned. his replacement larry tolliver only lasted 10 days before stepping down. number one on the list was finding a new leader. kevin davis was appointed chief last month. >> all of the agencies suffer. this time around the police department suffered. >> reporter: other recommendations were to hire a private executive protection staff, increase ethic oversight. review the structure of the department and improve internal investigations. >> people need to know that there are recourses. that the internal investigations unit is effective. >> reporter: now the report also found the department never completed its internal investigation. and to the offic