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Deal on Police Between Feds and Baltimore Close

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Loretta Lynch says it's possible that the Justice Department and the city of Baltimore could reach a deal in the next month to overhaul the city's police practices.

She says the "ball is in the city's court" and that she'll return to Baltimore in January for an update on the progress in reaching a court-enforceable consent decree.

The city and the federal government have been working for months on a plan to improve police practices and procedures following a Justice Department report in August that found pervasive civil rights violations.

Though those negotiations can be lengthy, Baltimore and the Justice Department had already reached an agreement in principle.

Lynch's comments Thursday seem intended to put pressure on Baltimore to complete the final stages of negotiations.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.