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BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore City Council members left a Tuesday hearing unconvinced that the police department can say how many people are missing in the city. The Baltimore Police Department gave the Public Safety Committee two sets of numbers that did not match, and council members said the department had no clear process for tracking
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    BALTIMORE, Md. — Baltimore City Council members left a Tuesday hearing unconvinced that the police department can say how many people are missing in the city. The Baltimore…