City of Baltimore - File #: 06-0192R

• File #: 06-0192R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Gang Awareness Initiative
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 6/12/2006
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Informational Hearing - Gang Awareness Initiative FOR the purpose of inviting the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the Chief of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the Baltimore Police Department, and the Chair of the Youth Council - Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) of the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development to brief the Council on the growing problem of gang activity in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
• Sponsors: President Young, President Dixon, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Robert Curran, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Kenneth Harris, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke, Belinda Conaway, Paula Johnson Branch
• Indexes: Gang Awareness Initiative, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/15/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/15/2006	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/12/2006	0	City Council	Introduced
6/12/2006	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: Councilmember Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
Title
Informational Hearing - Gang Awareness Initiative

FOR the purpose of inviting the Baltimore Police Commissioner, the Chief of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the Baltimore Police Department, and the Chair of the Youth Council - Workforce Investment Board (BWIB) of the Mayor's Office of Workforce Development to brief the Council on the growing problem of gang activity in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
Body
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In January 2005, recognizing the growing problem of gang-related violence in Baltimore City, the Youth Council of BWIB invited the Police Department to make a presentation about the proliferation of gangs in this area. This information, regarding the magnitude of the problem, including the emergence of female middle-school factions, compelled the Baltimore Workforce Investment Board Youth Council to form the Gang Ad Hoc Committee.

The Gang Ad Hoc Committee sought a comprehensive understanding of the problem of gangs in our communities, the impact on the overall mission of the Youth Council, and the prognosis of the impact of gang activity on the standard of living in affected Baltimore City neighborhoods. By highlighting the problem of gangs and gang-related violence, the Youth Council sought to raise public awareness about this serious impediment to the welfare of youth and to develop strategies to guide the development of gang prevention, intervention, a...