City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0010R

• File #: 17-0010R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/27/2017
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 4/24/2017
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner appear before the City Council to brief it regarding recruitment efforts, officer retention, and recouping training dollars, report on the number and percentage of individuals that enroll in the police academy, graduate from the police academy, and are employed by the Baltimore Police Department after graduation, and discuss the retention rate of those employed by the Baltimore Police Department, the deployment of officers, and how that deployment will enable the City to curtail the rise in violent crime.
• Sponsors: President Young, Bill Henry, John T. Bullock, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, Ryan Dorsey, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Zeke Cohen, Robert Stokes, Sr., Kristerfer Burnett, Shannon Sneed, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: Baltimore City Police Department, Investigative Hearing, Recruitment, Staffing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/24/2017	0	City Council	Adopted
4/24/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
4/4/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably	Pass
3/6/2017	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
3/2/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
3/2/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
2/27/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
2/27/2017	0	City Council	Introduced

* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*

City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: President Young


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention
For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner appear before the City Council to brief it regarding recruitment efforts, officer retention, and recouping training dollars, report on the number and percentage of individuals that enroll in the police academy, graduate from the police academy, and are employed by the Baltimore Police Department after graduation, and discuss the retention rate of those employed by the Baltimore Police Department, the deployment of officers, and how that deployment will enable the City to curtail the rise in violent crime.
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Recitals

Baltimore City ended 2016 with 318 homicides. In February 2017, Baltimore City has already surpassed 42 homicides, more than 140 people have been shot, and 92 people have been the victim of a carjacking. By any measure, Baltimore City has a violent crime problem.

On January 12, 2017, Baltimore City and the Department of Justice filed a consent decree in Federal Court. This consent decree outlines reforms aimed at improving nearly every facet of policing and community relations in Baltimore City.

The Fiscal Year 2017 Ordinance of Estimates budgeted over $480 million to the Baltimore Police Department. This figure includes funding for 3,125 funded positions. Compared to the ...