City of Baltimore - File #: 09-0130R

• File #: 09-0130R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - The Status of Baltimore City’s Gang Violence Reduction Activities
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 4/27/2009
• In control: Public Safety and Health Committee
• Final action: 5/3/2010
• Title: Informational Hearing - The Status of Baltimore City’s Gang Violence Reduction Activities FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinating Council of Criminal Justice, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, and the Chief of School Police to brief the City Council on the implementation of the Baltimore City Gang Violence Reduction Plan, the effectiveness of Project Exile in targeting Baltimore’s most violent offenders, and the status of gangs in Baltimore City Schools.
• Sponsors: Belinda Conaway, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Warren Branch, Bill Henry, James B. Kraft, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, President Young, William H. Cole, IV, Robert Curran, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton
• Indexes: Gang , Resolution, Violence

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/3/2010	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Recommended Favorably
5/3/2010	0	City Council	Adopted
10/19/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
9/14/2009	0	Public Safety and Health Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
4/30/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/30/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/30/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/30/2009	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
4/27/2009	0	City Council	Introduced
4/27/2009	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 Conaway


A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - The Status of Baltimore City’s Gang Violence Reduction Activities

FOR the purpose of requesting the Director of the Mayor’s Coordinating Council of Criminal Justice, the Baltimore Police Commissioner, and the Chief of School Police to brief the City Council on the implementation of the Baltimore City Gang Violence Reduction Plan, the effectiveness of Project Exile in targeting Baltimore’s most violent offenders, and the status of gangs in Baltimore City Schools.
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The Baltimore City Gang Violence Reduction Plan: November 15, 2006 presents a comprehensive strategy for combating gang violence that employs a citywide effort that includes Baltimore City, state and federal agencies, local service providers, community agencies, community faith-based organizations, business groups, neighborhood associations and residents, advocacy groups, academic institutions, and youth. The five interrelated strategies proposed to reduce violence and gang activity are: (1) community mobilization; (2) opportunities provision; (3) social intervention; (4) suppression; and (5) organizational change and development.

The target population for the gang violence prevention strategy, as defined by the National Alliance of Gang Investigators Association that consists of over 15,000 gang investigators natio...