Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.
Coverage will focus on crime trends, problems in neighborhoods in the city and elsewhere, profiles of victims and police officers and try to offer readers a fresh perspective on one of the most vexing issues facing Baltimore and its future.
Contributing to this blog is
Justin Fenton, who joined
The Sun in 2005 and has covered the Baltimore City Police Department and the criminal justice system since 2008. His work includes an investigation into Cal Ripken Jr.’s minor league baseball stadium deal with his hometown of Aberdeen, a three-part series chronicling a ruthless con woman, coverage of the killing of five Amish children at a schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Pa., and a job swap with a British crime reporter to explore differences in crime-fighting.
A special report looking into how city police handle rape cases led to sweeping reforms that changed the way sexual assaults are investigated in Baltimore. He was recognized as the best reporter in Baltimore by the
City Paper in 2010 and by
Baltimore Magazine in 2011.
Comments
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On what statute will her removal be possible? Will she have to be impeached by the City Council? If so, does anyone really think they'd do it?
Posted by: bryanintowson | December 1, 2009 1:53 PM
Any public official caught stealing should be removed from office. Allowing them to continue to serve sets a bad precedent for behavior. Case closed. Stealing is wrong no matter how small or large.
Posted by: Drew K. | December 1, 2009 5:12 PM
Dixon? Is she still in City Hall? Get out now!
Posted by: Sean Tully | December 2, 2009 10:37 AM
EX-MAYOR DIXON SHOULD BE FIRED. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO -YOU- IF YOU WERE CAUGHT STEALING FROM THE BOSS ? YOU WOULD BE FIRED- NO QUESTIONS ASKED, YOU WOULD BE FIRED.LET US FEEL SORRY FOR HER, BUT FIRE HER NONTHELESS. BYE,BYE SHEILA DIXON. NOW LETS' MAKE THIS CITY ALL IT CAN BE. WE HAVE WASTED ENOUGH TIME ON HER FOOLISHNESS. MOVE ON, REPLACE HER - ENOUGH ALREADY.
Posted by: William | December 6, 2009 11:29 AM