Johns Hopkins police force lawsuit dropped

Three voters who filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Baltimore Police Department from signing an agreement with the Johns Hopkins University that’s necessary for the school to develop its own private, armed police force have dropped the legal action. Donald Gresham, Kushan Ratnayake and Joan Floyd on Dec. 7 voluntarily moved in Baltimore Circuit Court to dismiss the case. They live near where the Johns Hopkins Police Department would have jurisdiction to patrol certain areas and make arrests for some crimes.