Baltimore's interim chief speaks as he takes over department in crisis

Author: Chief Joel F. Shults, Ed.D. By Kevin Rector and Ian Duncan The Baltimore Sun BALTIMORE — When Gary Tuggle suddenly became Baltimore’s interim police commissioner, he thought of his late parents and their love for the modest, blue-collar pocket of East Baltimore where they raised him and his nine siblings. He knew they’d want their high-achieving son to help their beloved city, he said, which like their old neighborhood around Biddle Street has fallen on hard times. “I...