Convicted Gun Trace Task Force officer ‘truly sorry’ for actions after ‘soul searching’ and denied early release

A convicted former Gun Trace Task Force member, after being denied a motion for early release from prison and facing months left to live with a terminal cancer diagnosis, says he is “truly sorry” for the way he and coworkers “acted and treated others” as police.

In an email to his attorney that was included in federal court records, Daniel Hersl, 54, said that he has done “some soul searching” and wanted to “accept full responsibility for my conduct.” In the March 28 email, the former Baltimore...