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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmembers Harris, Mitchell, Holton, Young, Curran
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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The Ad Hoc Committee for Collegiate Nonpartisan Audit of Baltimore City Crime Statistics
FOR the purpose of calling upon the Presidents of Coppin State College, The Johns Hopkins University, Morgan State University, and the University of Maryland to assist the citizens of Baltimore by forming an ad hoc committee to perform an independent audit of Baltimore Police Department procedures for the collection of crime statistics to determine the accuracy and timeliness of the data reported, to evaluate the effectiveness of the use of statistical data in identifying areas of concentrated criminal activity, and to appraise the ability of departmental personnel to translate the statistical findings into innovative and competent policies that have a real effect in lowering the incidents of criminal activity citywide.
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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), funded by the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, has been collecting data on personal and household victimization through an ongoing survey of a nationally-representative sample of residential addresses since 1973. The NCVS, one of the nation's ongoing household surveys, provides information on how many rapes, sexual assaults, robberies, assaults, thefts, household burglaries, and motor vehicle thefts U.S. residents age 12 or older and their households are experiencing each year.
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