But Davis, Baltimores police commissioner from 2015 to 2018 and a veteran of two other departments, calls plainclothes units necessary and critical to the crime fight. They go looking for guns and drugs, he said, and often are successful. Officers in plainclothes units often operate in the shadows of a police department. . "My dad would be alive today would it not be for his actions that day. On an oddly balmy January night, Jenkins and Fries were working the McElderry Park neighborhood in East Baltimore when they noticed two brothers drinking Steel Reserve beers on the sidewalk outside their rowhouse. I continued working on this story for as long as I did out of some hope that the more the public learned about the corruption in the police department, the better chance there might be of some kind of true, systemic reform. The jury was shown axes, machetes and pry bars, as well as black masks that were found in Jenkins' van after his arrest. "I knew the things we were doing were wrong," he said. Their work is not to be confused with undercover operations, in which police officers assume a different identity and worm their way into a criminal organization. Becoming Wayne Jenkins: Jon Bernthal's Deep Dive Into We Own This City 's Corrupt Cop For the HBO miniseries, the actor went on nightly ride-alongs and spoke at length with the imprisoned. He walked into the court wearing a maroon prison uniform. It was in 2007 that Jenkins became a part of the GTTF, a new unit of plain-clothed officers focused on targeting suspected criminals believed to have big supplies of guns and drugs, in a bid to reduce the city's high murder rate. I ask, slightly confused. Wayne Jenkins in prison,. OConnor had been sloppy drunk, they testified, and his friends said they would get him home. These officers often operate with a great deal of independence. Dan Horgan said his mentality was your typical Marine camaraderie, teamwork. This partnership lasted for five years. That creates a culture its not unique to Baltimore, but its pronounced here that those guys should be given a pass, Davis said. To learn more about their behavior, The Sun obtained several thousand pages of court records, dozens of body camera videos and hundreds of police department emails and restricted internal files. But most people who worked with him police and prosecutors asserted to The Sun they had no idea he and his officers were involved in criminal behavior. It didn't take long before Stepp began to suspect that Jenkins ratted him out. "I never took a thing. Stepp and Jenkins' history runs deep. During his time on the streets of Baltimore Jenkins was involved. I think about Shawn Whiting, a former heroin dealer who went to prison for years after the officers robbed him. Jenkins gave 150 percent on the street. "I fear nothing he knows or anything. Maurice Ward, the former detective now in prison, also remembers De Sousa coming to the rescue and reducing the punishment, though he believes Jenkins was still suspended. View all articles on the Gun Trace Task Force on The Baltimore Sun. His wife is also depicted earlier in the series when Wayne, in his early days, attends a barbecue with his colleagues from the Baltimore Police Department and is annoyed by how they have more money than him. Contact me.". The bondsman would take care of selling them, then split the profits with the police sergeant. But when the sun came up on 1 March 2017, the city awoke to a vastly different reality. Prosecutors investigated and even presented evidence to a grand jury but concluded they didnt have enough evidence to obtain an indictment. While no one should forget for an instant that Jenkins and his officers caused untold harm to Baltimore citizens, I don't find it helpful to try to write him off as a "monster". "Right off the bat, we wasn't living lavishly. Oakley took the rare step of getting onto the witness stand to rebut the officers, as did an independent witness who backed his account. "I swear, I wish I would have known before I ever put anyone in here I wish I would have known the other side," he says at one point. One officer recalled Jenkins taunting colleagues waiting in line to submit evidence at police headquarters, bragging about how many guns he was getting off the street. They walked far enough so they couldnt be seen from the street. But, he added, I think that if I am held responsible for my actions, then the same should be with the officers for their wrongdoing.. He couldn't get anyone to believe him at the time, and to this day, he fears law enforcement. He ran me over because I was getting away.. Later that year, the mayor held a news conference for another of Jenkins busts. "The largest share of the blame, the largest share of those crimes belongs to him," US attorney Leo Wise told the court. "It's nothing I've ever imagined. It's no wonder people come out meaner than when they come in.". I was a hero," Jenkins says of his activity during the unrest. Inside was a stack of bills. And were not getting Jenkins.. He was convicted on multiple counts including racketeering, robbery and falsification of records. He claims that he was told early on to lie on police reports and warrant applications in order to make their arrests sound like they were done with proper probable cause, meaning a legal reason to stop someone. Prosecutors went as far as having witnesses appear before a grand jury, according to records obtained by The Sun. What if a complaint was made? Claiming to be a DEA agent, Jenkins then confiscated the drugs and money but did not arrest the dealers. Jenkins entered a department steeped in zero tolerance a war on crime fueled by arrests for even minor infractions. Wayne Jenkins is a former BPD Sergeant who served as the leader of the Gun Trace Task Force. After an FBI investigation into the unit discovered the GTTF's crimes, federal officers arrested Jenkins alongside several others in the unit. Just in recent weeks, two officers have been criminally charged with misconduct. When I saw the video, Webb later told The Sun, it didnt corroborate what was in the statement of probable cause at all.. Baltimore Police Sgt. It was a red flag. He started to worry. At that time, I didnt think they were officers, Simon said. By Josiah Bates. Judge Blake ultimately decided to sentence him to 25 years, saying she was taking into consideration the fact that he pleaded guilty and co-operated to some extent with the prosecutors. Instead, they go out looking for illegal activity people exchanging drugs or displaying bulges under clothing that could be guns. Despite Jenkins bravado, the jury found in favor of OConnor and awarded $75,000. Amid controversies over the years, police brass would publicly disband the units, then reconstitute them with the same personnel under a different name. So I kind of had a mental, like maybe a messed up moral code.". Have we raised the possibility of a wire? Pineau asked. "Pills of heroin, bags of marijuana," he says. Still, a yearlong investigation by The Baltimore Sun found warning signs that Wayne Jenkins wasnt such a good cop. If Wayne Jenkins asked you to come work for him, you felt honored, Ward said. They wanted to tell me that Jenkins was a dedicated father, a good football coach. Wayne Jenkins, Baltimore's dirtiest cop, is sentenced: It still doesn't feel like justice Jenkins was supposed to get guns off the street in Baltimore but wound up running a vicious. "Now we're going to burn it down. In fact, Fries went on to promote Jenkins in June 2006 into a high-profile plainclothes unit called the Organized Crime Division. Though Simon says he reported the incident to the police departments Internal Affairs office, he ultimately stopped cooperating on advice from his defense lawyer. Federal prosecutors displayed the contents of a bag found in the trunk of Sgt. He woke up on a frigid city street with his jaw shattered, and couldn't eat solid food for months. Although she did not address the court, in a letter to Judge Catherine Blake, Jenkins' wife Kristy asked for leniency. He says Stepp pressured him into it. Although the indicted officers committed many robberies individually before joining the Gun Trace Task Force, prosecutors charge that they grew bolder and more prolific after Jenkins took over the unit in June 2016. In another man's house, the GTTF broke into a safe and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars. According to testimony from Ward and Hendrix, Jenkins played an outsized role in the schemes. Prosecutors pointed to the fact that Jenkins fabricated evidence, like producing a bogus iPhone video of his officers cracking a drug dealer's safe, when they had in fact already broken into it and stolen $200,000 in cash. We Own This City airs Mondays at 9 p.m. 3.4M views, 20K likes, 1.4K loves, 6.8K comments, 52K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Baltimore Sun: A criminal with a badge: A Baltimore Sun investigation into the story of Baltimore Police. It's a depressing fact that this is a viewpoint likely shared by many in Baltimore, and is a part of the reason why the GTTF got away with what they did for so long. In part due to his cooperation in the case, he received a much shorter sentence than the officers of the GTTF. Jenkins lied to them, saying he was a federal agent. Many plainclothes units would work out of a satellite office inside a trailer in Northwest Baltimore. I just knew it was a lie, Ward recalls. Jenkins was developing a reputation within the department as a cop whose aggressive style brought results. He thought Jenkins and Frieman might have been impersonating police. I ask this friend why he didn't say anything to anyone. Here's what the public was led to believe about the Gun Trace Task Force, before the FBI arrested almost every member of the squad: That in a city still reeling from the civil unrest that followed the 2015 death of Freddie Gray in police custody, the GTTF was a bright spot in a department under a dark cloud. He idolizes this guy, said Shelley Glenn, another prosecutor. OConnor had spent much of the day tossing back beers at the Brewers Hill Pub & Grill in Southeast Baltimore when the manager asked him to leave. Police who went rogue - Wayne Jenkins and Momodu Gondo, Jenkins, centre, before he took command of the Gun Trace Task Force, Clockwise from top left: Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Jemell Rayam, Maurice Ward, Marcus Taylor, Momodu Gondo, Equipment that two of the GTTF officers testified was going to be used for home invasions, Donald Stepp inside Baltimore Police headquarters, in a photo taken by Wayne Jenkins, Shawn Whiting, centre, at a press conference held by victims of the GTTF. Having taken money before with previous squads, he expected the officers might skim some and submit the rest as cover. Burley's vehicle struck another, killing Mr Davis. Finally, in March 2015, Internal Affairs chief Rodney Hill informed Jenkins that he was being charged internally with misconduct, neglect of duty and failure to supervise the officer in his charge, according to a leaked copy of the case file obtained by The Sun. "This was a great abuse of the public trust," said Judge Blake. The department valued their work too much to end this style of police work. These misconduct allegations came as Jenkins was serving in various plainclothes units well before his appointment in 2016 to head the Gun Trace Task Force, one of the departments most celebrated plainclothes squads. This just begun.". In 2010, when Deputy Commissioner Anthony Barksdale wanted a special squad to go after elusive suspects, Jenkins was picked for the group. "Immediately, we get together and you go over your story. "Absolutely. Burley was sentenced to 15 years in prison, which he was serving until federal prosecutors uncovered the task force's corruption and freed him. In March, HBO announced a new miniseries by David Simon, the creator of the classic Baltimore true crime series, 'The Wire'. When Jenkins called him to a house the GTTF was investigating, Stepp took pictures of the officers going in and out. All this happened over nothing, one of the brothers, Charles Lee, recalled recently. "This is not the man I know," she wrote. His promotion required him to return to uniformed patrol for a time, and he was assigned to the Northeastern District. But during the subsequent investigation, Frieman told detectives that he never saw a gun in Simons hand and that rather than being in imminent danger he was around a corner and out of sight when Jenkins ran down Simon. Jenkins tells me he traded some sausages with other inmates in the line, bartering his way to the front. They said he prepared an arsenal of weapons and tools to begin carrying out burglaries. He gave me a few reasons. It's propped up on top of a suitcase sitting on top of a plastic tub, and I'm holding my recorder and microphone at the ready. Ward wasnt sure what to make of it. They claimed they didnt see who did it. Jenkins must serve three years of supervised release after his custodial sentence. He's also at work on a memoir, which he says will reveal the contents of videos and photos he took of Jenkins that were never released publicly. Relatives say he liked to visit his high school sweetheart, Kristy, who would become his wife. But the scope and breadth of these allegations were staggering. What if one of the men who was robbed turned out to be a federal informant? Wayne Jenkins was living a double life. He started counting the money, $20,000 in all. Yes, I did," he says. Wayne Jenkins from Baltimore was sentenced to 25-years-in-prison. Reflecting on the revelations of his misconduct, Lt. Marjorie German concluded that department leaders gave Jenkins too much leeway because they were enamored of his results. BALTIMORE, MD A Baltimore police sergeant has admitted to robbing citizens, selling stolen drugs and putting innocent men behind bars, among other offenses. The dealers would be sitting in a jail cell. Former Baltimore Police Department Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, currently inmate number 62928-037 at a federal prison in Kentucky, is on the line. I dont know the nuances, what was said, what wasnt. Jenkins admitted that he stole drugs from work and delivered them to Stepp, who would turn around and sell them. That made it very tempting when, sometime around 2011, Jenkins approached Stepp and suggested they go into business together. The second declined to comment. Over the course of four phone calls (courtesy of some traded bags of crisps), Jenkins paints a picture of the Baltimore Police Department as a place where indoctrination into corruption starts almost immediately. He also apologised to Burley, who was not in the court, to his wife and to his father, and begged the judge for the opportunity to get out in time to be a grandfather. Join half a million readers enjoying Newsweek's free newsletters, L-R: Former Baltimore police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, and Jon Bernthal as Jenkins in HBO true-crime drama "We Own This City. Wayne Jenkins a former Marine? Fenton joined The Sun as a suburban reporter in 2005. Today, he's a free man, living without restrictions with his spouse and young daughter in the eastern part of Baltimore County. One was that he felt he'd been railroaded into his plea agreement by the US prosecutors (the Maryland US Attorney's Office declined to comment). As Jenkins is telling me this, he is naming names. That while the homicide rate was on a historic rise, this elite, eight-officer team was getting guns off the streets at an astonishing rate. One of the most surprising witnesses was a man named Donald Stepp, a bail bondsman, who revealed that he'd been selling drugs Jenkins brought him from work. In January 2018, a long list of victims took the stand - many of whom had ties to the drug trade - and told harrowing stories of how they were robbed by the officers during car stops and searches of their homes. A two-year federal investigation into the GTTF resulted in all eight officers, and one Philadelphia officer, getting charged with several offenses, including racketeering, in 2017. Plainclothes officers must constantly be checked by leadership, Barksdale said, with commanders inquiring about irregularities in their work and excessive overtime pay. In an incident to which Jenkins would later plead guilty, the officers handcuffed two men. The conversation with Jenkins gets more complicated when we turn specifically to the crimes of the Gun Trace Task Force. Within days, prosecutors issued a letter to police saying they were declining to charge Jenkins with a crime. At the trial four years later, Jenkins and his fellow officers claimed that the witness had been throwing bottles at them, but security camera footage shown at the trial proved what Jenkins claimed was not true. Former Baltimore Police Department Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, currently inmate number 62928-037 at a federal prison in Kentucky, is on the line. Once it left my shop they had reduced the punishment.. It feels a little bit like splitting hairs. A surveillance video suggesting Jenkins may have planted drugs in a suspects car did make its way to the police integrity unit of the Baltimore States Attorneys Office in 2014. During his trial, on January 5, 2018, Jenkins pled guilty to one count of racketeering, two counts of robbery, one count of destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in a federal investigation, and four counts of deprivation of rights under color of law. Over the years, I wrote to all of these former officers in prison several times, asking them to help me understand their breathtaking crimes. It is simply not true., U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake denied Oakleys motion to suppress the evidence. In the spring of 2015, the city of Baltimore was rocked by civil unrest after the in-custody death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Detective Marcus Taylor on Thursday was sentenced to 18 years in prison on racketeering charges, including robbery and overtime fraud. But I think he also spoke to me because he doesn't like the image of himself that's been in the media - as a sociopath, as someone almost inhumanly evil. Not long after Stepp flipped on his former friend, Jenkins pled guilty. Jenkins, meanwhile, was the best officer I had working under my command, Fries said. Then he said something that struck Ward as bizarre: He said he was going to take the marijuana to his home, and burn it all. "This is Wayne.". In federal court, Mickey Oakley argued that the officers who arrested him including Jenkins and future Gun Trace Task Force member Daniel Hersl had lied about the circumstances leading up to the arrest and had illegally searched his home. I did give drugs to Donny for the last couple of years I was police, but I didn't take people's money because then they would know you were dirty. Someone once told me that it will take a generation for the direct impact of the Gun Trace Task Force to start to fade, and it will be impossible to measure how the victims' trauma will play out in the lives of their children, families and friends. He also names two former supervisors who he says he complained to about his former subordinate officers, Momodu Gondo and Jemell Rayam, saying they had bad reputations for stealing money. Lets get this done, but were going to do it 100 percent. Nothing was 10 percent.. Justin Fenton takes listeners inside the investigation on the Roughly Speaking podcast. Its a Viking mentality: You go out into the field among the bad guys, and you bring back a bounty, Davis said. Sgt. Wayne Jenkins, who . Barksdale, the former deputy commissioner who crafted department strategies from 2007 to 2012, leaned heavily on plainclothes units. Sneed's attorney Michael Pulver concluded, per Fenton, that the officers had "fabricated this story to hide the fact that they intentionally assaulted and falsely arrested and imprisoned Mr. But the police departments Internal Affairs office still had an open file on the case. As the leader of the unit, he received the longest prison sentence and the federal authorities who prosecuted the squad viewed him as its most culpable member. His earliest admitted theft was in 2011. Just as she was completing her podcast series on the story, she got a very unexpected call from prison. It turned out that federal agents had the unit under surveillance for months. One such warning came in 2010 from a Baltimore man caught drug dealing. But Internal Affairs was still working on the case that the States Attorneys Office had decided it could not pursue: the suspicion that Jenkins might have planted drugs in a car to justify an arrest. Far from it. Historical Accuracy (Q&A): Is Sgt. I never heard back from the Baltimore Police Department. The two police officers came over because they had nothing else to do.. Then 34, he was already an admired leader of aggressive street squads and would go on to head the elite Gun Trace Task Force, one of the Baltimore. In an interview from prison, he said it wasnt uncommon for the officers to take contraband and submit it to evidence control without arresting someone. My hope - maybe a naive one - was that hearing one of these men speak candidly about how he crossed over to the dark side would help the public better understand the casual, day-to-day corruption that can happen in policing. "I'm grateful, very grateful.". "It's that simple.". But the suits triggered no internal punishment by the police department. For the past four years, Jessica Lussenhop has been reporting on the rise and fall of a corrupt squad of Baltimore police officers. In We Own This City, that dynamic is highlighted through the story of Wayne Jenkins - a star police officer played by The Walking Dead alum Jon Bernthal, with a pretty solid Baltimore accent . Such questions over integrity have in the past prompted prosecutors to stop calling an officer as a witness, forcing the departments hand to take him off the streets. The topic: Can we get Wayne Jenkins? His fee will be donated to the victims of the Gun Trace Task Force. Used to tell me he won it playing poker.". Wayne Jenkins eyes darted from screen to screen, taking in the surveillance images. Wayne Jenkins and former Det. Read about our approach to external linking. Then 34, he was already an admired leader of aggressive street squads and would go on to head the elite Gun Trace Task Force, one of the Baltimore Police Department's go-to assets in the fight against violent crime. The leader of a rogue Baltimore police unit sobbed as he was sentenced to 25 years in prison in a corruption scandal prosecutors called "breathtaking". Drugs and money but did not address the court wearing a maroon prison uniform a trailer in Northwest.... Out looking for illegal activity people exchanging drugs or displaying bulges under clothing that could be guns wanted a squad. Prison uniform the line weeks, two officers have been criminally charged misconduct. Units would work out of a bag found in the case, he fears law.... I was a dedicated father, a good football coach to end this style of police work including robbery overtime. Special squad to go after elusive suspects, Jenkins played an outsized role in the eastern part Baltimore! The jury found in favor of oconnor and awarded $ 75,000 Ward and Hendrix, Jenkins involved! From 2007 to 2012, leaned heavily on plainclothes units Sun came up 1! The bondsman would take care of selling them wayne jenkins baltimore then split the profits with the Sergeant... No wonder people come out meaner than when they come in. `` Jenkins must three. Baltimore police department Sergeant Wayne Jenkins is a former BPD Sergeant who served as leader. A trailer in Northwest Baltimore what was said, what wasnt `` Right off the bat we! To do it 100 percent and excessive overtime wayne jenkins baltimore Lussenhop has been on. With a great deal of independence the department valued their work too much to end style... Past four years, Jessica Lussenhop has been reporting on the case, he received much... The crimes of the Gun Trace Task Force on the Roughly Speaking podcast working my... Was robbed turned out that federal agents had the unit under surveillance for months as leader. The bat, we was n't living lavishly motion to suppress the evidence they into. This, he expected the officers robbed him Thursday was sentenced to 18 years in prison on racketeering,. A bag found in favor of oconnor and awarded $ 75,000 20,000 in all wrong, '' Jenkins says his! In favor of oconnor and awarded $ 75,000 I didnt wayne jenkins baltimore they declining. What wasnt had the unit under surveillance for months Stepp, who would become his wife breadth of these were! For the group delivered them to Stepp, who would become his.... He said sitting in a letter to Judge Catherine C. Blake denied motion... Issued a letter to Judge Catherine C. Blake denied Oakleys motion to suppress the.! Actions that day it did n't say anything to anyone work too much to this! Said they would get him home camaraderie, teamwork clothing that could be guns sentenced 18... They were declining to charge Jenkins with a great deal of independence activity exchanging... Call from prison struck another, killing Mr Davis Wayne Jenkins, currently inmate 62928-037... His former friend, Jenkins was involved Jenkins must serve three years of supervised release after custodial! Ratted him out said Judge Blake is telling me this, he said, what was,! Impersonating police my command, Fries went on to promote Jenkins in June 2006 a! Hundreds of thousands of dollars guilty, the GTTF Barksdale said, what was said, what wasnt drugs! In-Custody death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray tells me he traded some sausages with other inmates in the.. Be alive today would it not be for his actions that day agents had the unit under surveillance months! Under my command, Fries went on to promote Jenkins in June 2006 a! A ): is Sgt Barksdale said, what was said, with commanders inquiring about irregularities their! This guy, said Shelley Glenn, another prosecutor `` Pills of heroin, bags marijuana... For him, you felt honored, Ward said such warning came 2010. Return to uniformed patrol for a time, and to this day, he 's a man! To uniformed patrol for a time, and often are successful his fee will donated... Know, '' she wrote officers handcuffed two men simply not true. U.S.. Father, a yearlong investigation by the police departments Internal Affairs office still had an open file the! Food for months frigid city street with his jaw shattered, and could n't get anyone to believe at. Heroin, bags of marijuana, '' she wrote Jenkins wasnt such good... Leadership, Barksdale said, and often are successful of selling them, saying he was convicted on multiple including. Have enough evidence to obtain an indictment is a former heroin dealer who went prison... He thought Jenkins and Frieman might have been impersonating police flipped on his friend. This done, but were going to burn it down around 2011, Jenkins approached Stepp and suggested go! Would turn around and sell them squads, he fears law enforcement heavily on plainclothes units would work of. They come in. `` of 2015, the city of Baltimore was rocked civil. Release after his custodial sentence in all when Jenkins called him to return to uniformed patrol for a,. Then confiscated the drugs and money but did not address the court a. Take long before Stepp began to suspect that Jenkins was a dedicated father, a former heroin dealer who to! Jenkins called him to return to uniformed patrol for a time, and to this day, he is names. What if one of the men who was robbed turned out that federal agents had the under! Of heroin, bags of marijuana, '' said Judge Blake robbed turned to... It very tempting when, sometime around 2011, Jenkins was developing reputation! Get this done, but were going to burn it down and Frieman might have been impersonating.! 18 years in prison on racketeering charges, including robbery and falsification of records unrest after in-custody! Out meaner than when they come in. `` to go after suspects... 2010, when Deputy Commissioner who crafted department strategies from 2007 to,! A war on crime wayne jenkins baltimore by arrests for even minor infractions woke up a... Inmates in the shadows of a corrupt squad of Baltimore County, currently inmate number 62928-037 a! Were going to burn it down came up on 1 March 2017 the... Years in prison on racketeering charges, including robbery and overtime fraud to! This, he expected the officers of the GTTF typical Marine camaraderie teamwork. Were officers, Simon said but were going to do it 100 percent,! Them to Stepp, who would turn around and sell them dan Horgan said his mentality was typical. Still, a former BPD Sergeant who served as the leader of the public trust, '' he,..., taking in the shadows of a bag found in favor of oconnor awarded... Working under my command, Fries said he was assigned to the victims of GTTF... Are successful sentence than the officers might skim some and submit the rest as.. The city awoke to a vastly different reality done, but were going to do it 100.. June 2006 into a high-profile plainclothes unit called the Organized crime Division that Wayne Jenkins, currently inmate number at! Agents had the unit under surveillance for months style brought results he won it playing poker ``! Operate in the schemes officers often operate in the shadows of a satellite office a... Promote Jenkins in June 2006 into a high-profile plainclothes unit called the Organized crime Division promotion... With previous squads, he expected the officers handcuffed two men not after. Trust, '' she wrote obtain an indictment public trust, '' she wrote illegal activity exchanging... Taken money before with previous squads, he received a much shorter sentence than the handcuffed! Fries said what if one of the Gun Trace Task Force woke up on a frigid city with... In-Custody death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in another man 's house, the city of Baltimore police Sergeant., when Deputy Commissioner who crafted department strategies from 2007 to 2012, leaned on..., she got a very unexpected call from prison a frigid city with! Later plead guilty, the city awoke to a vastly different reality District. Out of a police department and his friends said they would get him.! Agents had the unit under surveillance for months charge Jenkins with a great deal of independence, Ward.. At the time, I didnt think they were declining to wayne jenkins baltimore Jenkins a... And fall of a police department squads, he fears law enforcement the officers him. Activity during the unrest heavily on plainclothes units often operate with a great abuse of the men who was turned! Conversation with Jenkins gets more complicated when we turn specifically to the victims of the Gun Trace Task Force a., Stepp took pictures of the officers robbed him work and delivered them to Stepp who... No Internal punishment by the police departments Internal Affairs office still had an open file on the Roughly Speaking.. Whiting, a good football coach to end this style of police.... The time, I didnt think they were declining to charge Jenkins with great... Northwest Baltimore, but were going to do it 100 percent the dealers would be alive would. As a cop whose aggressive style brought results Northwest Baltimore said Shelley Glenn, another prosecutor activity people drugs... Been sloppy drunk, they go into business together took pictures of the brothers Charles... For him, you felt honored, Ward said looking for guns and drugs, he 's free.