City of Baltimore - File #: 08-0067R

• File #: 08-0067R
• Version: 0
• Name: Inter-Agency Training Initiative - Nuisance Crimes
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 9/22/2008
• In control: City Council
• Title: Inter-Agency Training Initiative - Nuisance Crimes FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City State’s Attorney and the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, with the aid of area law schools and other legal resources, to cooperatively develop an inter-agency training program for police officers to insure that nuisance citations meet requisite legal standards to be upheld in court, and any other training needs of police personnel are addressed, in order to make certain that the enforcement of nuisance laws has the intended effect of preserving the quality of life of Baltimore City neighborhoods.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Sharon Green Middleton, James B. Kraft, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Edward Reisinger, Bill Henry, Agnes Welch, Robert Curran
• Indexes: Police, Resolution, States Attorney, Training

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/6/2010	0	The City Council	Reassigned
9/25/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/25/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/25/2008	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
9/22/2008	0	City Council	Introduced
9/22/2008	0	City Council	Assigned

* 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 Rawlings-Blake

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Inter-Agency Training Initiative - Nuisance Crimes

FOR the purpose of requesting the Baltimore City State’s Attorney and the Baltimore City Police Commissioner, with the aid of area law schools and other legal resources, to cooperatively develop an inter-agency training program for police officers to insure that nuisance citations meet requisite legal standards to be upheld in court, and any other training needs of police personnel are addressed, in order to make certain that the enforcement of nuisance laws has the intended effect of preserving the quality of life of Baltimore City neighborhoods.
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“The Broken Window thesis propounded by criminologists states that human behavior is strongly influenced by symbols of order and disorder. If a neighborhood appears orderly, people feel safer, and wrongdoers are less likely to commit crimes. But one unrepaired broken window can signal that no one cares. Vandalism and antisocial behavior that go unresisted may send a neighborhood spiraling to its lowest common denominator, as citizens give in and give up.” Legally Speaking, October 1997.

In 2002, aware that quality of life crimes represent the majority of crimes that occur within the downtown area and “have a dramatic impact on the psychological well being of our residents, workers, and visitors”, the ...