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1 results foundAuthor: Independent Review Board Title: The Baltimore Police Department: Police-Involved Shooting of January 9, 2011 Summary: In the early morning hours of January 9, 2011, Baltimore City police responded to Select Lounge, located at the corner of Franklin and North Paca Streets in the Central Police District, for crowd control and dispersal operations due to disorderly conduct and numerous fights at the location. Upon arrival, on-scene officers’ initial request for additional units was ended shortly thereafter by a "10-32" (sufficient units on scene). However, soon after the “10-32,” the Central District Duty Commander who was on the scene radioed for any free units to respond and assist in closing the club. Over 30 officers responded and began their attempts to control and disperse the crowd. With so many officers responding from a number of different units, managing the incident became difficult, especially after the Central District Commander failed to coordinate and assign units to specific tactical duties or to quickly establish an incident command structure. The lack of overall incident management of an agitated crowd placed the responding officers at risk and contributed to an increasingly chaotic situation. This risk escalated as officers in plainclothes began responding to the scene without a crowd-control strategy in place and without the establishment of an incident command center to direct and control the increasingly complex police operation. Officer William Torbit was on duty in plainclothes that night and responded to the scene minutes after the District Commander’s call was placed for all available units. Officer Torbit began to assist in dispersing the crowd in the parking lot and, in the process, intervened in an altercation in the lot. This altercation led to a fight between Officer Torbit and several of the club patrons, with a number of individuals punching and pushing him to the ground. Apparently unable to get up and finding himself assaulted and stomped by 6-8 individuals, Officer Torbit drew his gun and fired to stop the attack against him. Four uniformed officers rushed into the area of the fight and, not recognizing Officer Torbit, fired at him. After 6 seconds and 42 rounds discharged, the shooting ended, and the uniformed officers quickly realized they had shot a plainclothes police officer. In addition, one of the individuals assaulting Officer Torbit—Sean Gamble—was also shot and killed (likely by Torbit, himself), and four other persons (including a uniformed officer) were wounded. All of the rounds fired were by Officer Torbit and four uniformed officers. The City of Baltimore Mayor’s Office and the Police Commissioner tasked the Independent Review Board (IRB) with examining this police-involved shooting. The Mayor’s Office and the Police Commissioner also asked the IRB to review crowd-control techniques, use of lethal force, deployment of incident command, and the homicide investigation. Appendix A provides a copy of the charge letter with a complete list of tasks for the IRB to complete. CNA was contracted to support the IRB in this process, though the IRB members, themselves, served without compensation. Details: Baltimore: Independent Review Board, 2011. 169p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed February 27, 2012 at: http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/news/2011/Baltimore%20Shooting%20Report.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United States URL: http://www.cna.org/sites/default/files/news/2011/Baltimore%20Shooting%20Report.pdf Shelf Number: 124291 Keywords: Crowd ControlIncident ManagementPolice Use of Force (Baltimore)Police-Involved Shooting |