BALTIMORE—Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake abruptly fired Police Commissioner Anthony Batts on Wednesday ... who has been Mr. Batts’s deputy since January, as interim commissioner.

SETTING THE CONTINUING SPIKE IN VIOLENT CRIME, MAYOR STEPHANIE RAWLINGS-BLAKE HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE ON VERY SHORT NOTICE TO SAY POLICE COMMISSIONER ANTHONY BATTS IS BEING REPLACED. MAYOR RAWLINGS ...

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake thanked Police Commissioner, and former Oakland Police Chief, Anthony Batts for his service and announced that she was appointing Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin ...

Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts listens to Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis, not pictured, speak at a news conference announcing that the department’s investigation into ...

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday that she has replaced Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts. Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, a veteran Maryland law enforcement ...

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday that she has decided to replace Anthony W. Batts as the Baltimore ... Effective immediately, Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis will become ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - A Tyler man who drove over a deputy’s leg when he tried to escape has agreed to a 10-year sentence. Anthony Avelar, 21, appeared in Judge Reeve Jackson’s 114th Judicial District ...

Anthony Batts is out as Baltimore’s police commissioner, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced today in a press conference. The city’s Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis will ...

FILE – In this April 30, 2015, file photo, Baltimore Police Department Commissioner Anthony Batts listens as Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis speaks at a news conference, in Baltimore.

Anthony Batts has been replaced as Baltimore's police commissioner, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says. In his place, former Deputy Police Commissioner Kevin Davis will become the interim chief.