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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
Baltimore City Public School Teachers - Gang Related Violence Training
FOR the purpose of requesting the CEO of the Baltimore City Public School System to develop and implement a program for teachers to provide them with the tools to recognize gang-related violence, to identify youth most at-risk for gang recruitment, and to provide the necessary intervention resources and law enforcement interaction to insure the safety and security of students, school personnel, and school property.
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Gang activity in Baltimore City has historically been attributed to local “crews” made up mostly of drug dealers who typically named their organizations after their neighborhood or streets. By May 2006, however, police officials acknowledged that the members of these organizations were beginning to identify themselves as members of well-known gangs.
In June 2006, the Vice-Chair of the Mid- Atlantic Regional Gang Investigators Network, an anti-drug summit of 300 law enforcement officers, elected officials, and educators hosted by federal prosecutors in Columbia, Maryland, reported there were at least 100 gangs in Maryland. The Chief of the Baltimore Police Department’s criminal intelligence unit reported that national gangs had arrived in large numbers in Baltimore in the past 10 months. Between 1999 and 2005, the C...
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