8-14-13: B'more police consultant Bill Bratton, a tour of the new design school, and a visit to Great Kids Farm




WYPR: Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast Podcast show

Summary: Bill Bratton has led police departments in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles. Now, he's part of a consulting team hired by Baltimore city to suggest improvements in policing here. We ask him about “stop and frisk,” and what he thinks police here need to fight violent crime. Then, a trip to the new home of the Baltimore Design School. Principal Nathan Burns and MICA President Fred Lazarus, who helped create the school, give Tom Hall a tour of the new space for this public arts middle and high school. And Tom and Anne Raver check on the tomato crop at the Baltimore City School System’s Great Kids Farm in Catonsville.