- Frederick H. Bealefeld III
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name = Frederick H. Bealefeld III
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department =Baltimore Police Department
service = United States
serviceyears = 1981-Present
rank = Commissioner
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laterwork =Frederick H. Bealefeld III is the current police commissioner of the
Baltimore Police Department . [ Baltimore Sun cite web | title="Bealefeld urges more effort to fight violent crime"| url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/crime/bal-md.ci.bealefeld19nov19,0,6027326.story]Biography
Bealefeld grew up in
Pasadena, Maryland , attendedChesapeake High School and joined the department in 1981. [ Maryland Gazette cite web | title="Chesapeake grad becomes city police commissioner"| url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/vault/cgi-bin/gazette/view/2007G/08/18-03.HTM] Bealefeld previously held the positions of a foot patrolman in the Western District until 1987, a Sergeant in the Southwestern District and the Homicide Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division until 2000, a Lieutenant in the Eastern District and Criminal Investigation Division until 2003, a Major in the Southern District until 2005 and the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel Deputy Commissioner and Commissioner between the years of 2005 and 2007. [cite web | title="The Police Commissioner" | url=http://www.baltimorepolice.org/about-us/officers/police-commissioner] Bealefeld's brother is a detective in the homicide unit, and his grandfather, great-grandfather and great uncles were on the force. [ Maryland Gazette cite web | title="Chesapeake grad becomes city police commissioner"| url=http://www.hometownannapolis.com/vault/cgi-bin/gazette/view/2007G/08/18-03.HTM] Under Bealefeld's appointment to Police Commissioner by MayorSheila Dixon , the city of Baltimore is currently experiencing its lowest homicide rate in two decades. [ Baltimore Sun cite web | title="Inquiry threatens Dixon's momentum"| url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/baltimore_city/bal-side0617,0,2540076.story?page=1]References
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