City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0299R

• File #: 07-0299R
• Version: 0
• Name: Warrant Apprehension Task Force - Request for Maryland State Police Assistance
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/4/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 7/16/2007
• Title: Warrant Apprehension Task Force - Request for Maryland State Police Assistance FOR the purpose of requesting the Secretary of the Maryland State Police to deploy 15 State Troopers to aid the Warrant Apprehension Task Force in furthering its mission of reducing violent crime in the City by apprehending and removing dangerous criminals from City neighborhoods and respectfully urging the Governor to support this request for emergency assistance to protect residents, visitors, and workers in Baltimore City and the surrounding jurisdictions.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, James B. Kraft, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, Keiffer Mitchell, Mary Pat Clarke, Sharon Green Middleton, Edward Reisinger, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Maryland State Police, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/16/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Recommended Favorably
7/16/2007	0	City Council	Adopted
6/11/2007	0	Judiciary and Legislative Investigations	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/7/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/7/2007	0	The City Council	Referred for a Report
6/4/2007	0	City Council	Introduced
6/4/2007	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
Warrant Apprehension Task Force - Request for Maryland State Police Assistance

FOR the purpose of requesting the Secretary of the Maryland State Police to deploy 15 State Troopers to aid the Warrant Apprehension Task Force in furthering its mission of reducing violent crime in the City by apprehending and removing dangerous criminals from City neighborhoods and respectfully urging the Governor to support this request for emergency assistance to protect residents, visitors, and workers in Baltimore City and the surrounding jurisdictions.
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When the Warrant Apprehension Task Force was created in 2001 to target the comparatively small number of criminals believed to be committing the majority of crimes in the City there were 104 law enforcement officers assigned to the unit. Task Force members included law enforcement personnel not only from the City, but also from Baltimore, Howard, and Anne Arundel Counties, the Maryland State Police, the FBI and the U. S. Marshall's Office.

While the emphasis of the Task Force was apprehending violent criminals in Baltimore City, it was expected that, in addition to driving down the City's high murder rate, the multi-jurisdictional approach would reduce crime in the entire region by targeting city fugitives who cross surrounding jurisdictional boundaries to continue th...