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Wrap-up of news stories taken from the day's local headlines.

So called "eye in the sky" is grounded by Baltimore Police Commissioner

Baltimore Police Department
(Center) Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison has no interest in reviving a surveillance plane program in the city.  

The commissioner met Monday with the owner of the private company that operates the aircraft.  A police spokesman says the commissioner learned a lot, but has no plans to bring the program back.  The plane was used without the public's knowledge as part of a 2016 test program to track crime. The owner of Persistent Surveillance Systems says the program is being offered to the city at no cost thanks to a pair of Texas philanthropists.