Baltimore Police Shadowed One of Their Own, Uncovering Fabricated Traffic Stops

Baltimore police covertly watched Officer Dequwan Houchins across four shifts in April–May. He logged eight phantom traffic stops alongside nine real ones and filed no body-camera footage — required by policy — for any. A December audit first flagged the false entries in the CAD reporting system. Houchins faces nine counts; he denies the allegations.