Anthony Batts
| Anthony Batts | |
|---|---|
| Police career | |
| Current status | Former Chief, Baltimore Police Department |
| Department |
 Baltimore City Police DepartmentOakland Police Department Long Beach Police Department |
| Allegiance |
 State of Maryland
|
| Country |
 United States of America
|
| Years of service | Baltimore (2012-2015), Oakland (2009-2011) |
| Rank |
Baltimore:  Chief of Police
|
Baltimore: Commissioner
Oakland: Chief of Police
Anthony W. Batts is the former Police Commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department, the eighth largest municipal police department in the United States.
Batts was chief of police for the Californian cities of Oakland and Long Beach. He worked in the Long Beach Police Department for 27 years, rising to Chief of Police in 2002. Under Batts, homicides decreased 45% and overall crime decreased 13% in Long Beach.
Batts has said that he was motivated to seek the Oakland Chief of Police job by the aftermath of the killing of four Oakland police officers in March 2009. He was appointed Chief of Police in late 2009 and remained in the position until October 2011. Despite limited resource allocation in Oakland, he again led the department to achieve significant reductions in violent crime.
After a brief period in a research post at Harvard, Batts became the police commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department on September 27, 2012. During his tenure in Baltimore, his team was able to implement reforms that led to dramatic reductions in all metrics used to assess police performance, including overall declines in all Part I crime numbers, excessive force objections, and citizen complaints.
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