article_snippet.sent: But as events in Baltimore demonstrate, too many local departments aren't getting the message.
article_snippet.sent: A key part of that vow -- "investigating wrongdoing" -- must include a close look at the Baltimore Police Department, which has been the subject of bitter complaints of brutality.
article_snippet.sent: And in almost every case, prosecutors or judges dismissed the charges against the victims -- if charges were filed at all.
article_snippet.sent: Lynch has already launched a probe of the death of Freddie Gray, and the Justice Department is also investigating the recent videotaped police killing of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, where an officer has been arrested and charged with murder.
article_snippet.sent: A the Justice Department program called Community Oriented Policing Services, launched in 2011, helps local departments implement best practices.
article_snippet.sent: A Justice Department program called Community Oriented Policing Services, launched in 2011's effectiveness will surely come under question, since Baltimore was one of the eight departments participating in A Justice Department program called Community Oriented Policing Services, launched in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: The Obama administration has sued local departments 15 times -- more than either the Clinton or Bush administrations -- and has opened 11 more investigations of departments including those in Cleveland, Miami, and Ferguson, Missouri.
article_snippet.sent: But even those tough remedies may not be working, according to the Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization that focuses on criminal justice issues.
article_snippet.sent: Even where local leaders have embraced Washington's prescriptions, Justice Department officials have increasingly found Justice Department officials returning to grapple a second time with problems Justice Department officials thought Justice Department officials had fixed," writes reporter Simone Weichselbaum, noting that "recurring problems have emerged in police departments in Miami, New Orleans and New Jersey, all of which had promised to carry out major changes in response to Justice Department investigations that turned up evidence of discriminatory policing.
highlights_snippet.sent: New AG Loretta Lynch says Baltimore case shows too many local departments not getting message .
  