Stage set for final negotiations at Maryland State House over legislation to change policing

Maryland lawmakers set the stage Tuesday for final negotiations over a series of major policing bills that are the General Assembly’s top remaining priority with the legislative session ticking to a close. After several hours of contentious debate, the House of Delegates passed the final piece Tuesday of a Senate-drafted package of bills, a measure that would give the public limited access to disciplinary files and complaints against officers through public records requests and place new limits on no-knock search warrants.