* Warning: This is an unofficial, introductory copy of the bill.
The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
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Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Stokes
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Informational Hearing - Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice’s Response to High Homicide Rate
For the purpose of inviting representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to inform the City Council how the Office plans to lower the City’s homicide rate in 2020.
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In 2019, Baltimore City had 348 recorded homicides. This is the second-deadliest year for the City on-record. In 1993, the City had 355 recorded homicides, yet the City also had almost 125,000 more residents than it does now. In June 2019, the Baltimore Police Department published a Crime Reduction Strategy partly in response to the high homicide rate. The City Council is interested in how the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice is working to reduce the City’s homicide rate.
Now, therefore, be it resolved by the City Council of Baltimore, That the Baltimore City Council invites representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to inform the City Council how the Office plans to lower the City’s homicide rate in 2020.
And be it further resolved, That a copy of this Resolution be sent to the Mayor, the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and the Mayor’s Legislative Liaison to the City Council.