City of Baltimore - File #: 17-0059R

• File #: 17-0059R
• Version: 0
• Name: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 12/7/2017
• In control: Public Safety Committee
• Final action: 12/7/2020
• Title: Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner appear before the City Council to brief it regarding recruitment efforts, officer retention, and recouping training dollars, report on the number and percentage of individuals that enroll in the police academy, graduate from the police academy, and are employed by the Baltimore Police Department after graduation, and discuss the retention rate of those employed by the Baltimore Police Department, the deployment of officers, and how that deployment will enable the City to curtail the rise in violent crime.
• Sponsors: Brandon M. Scott, President Young, John T. Bullock, Bill Henry, Eric T. Costello, Leon F. Pinkett, III, Ryan Dorsey, Kristerfer Burnett, Mary Pat Clarke, Shannon Sneed, Robert Stokes, Sr., Isaac "Yitzy" Schleifer, Zeke Cohen
• Indexes: Baltimore City, Investigative Hearing, Police, Recruitment, Staffing

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/7/2020	0	City Council	Failed - End of Term
12/11/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Police Department
12/11/2017	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Finance
12/7/2017	0	City Council	Assigned
12/7/2017	0	Public Safety Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
12/7/2017	0	City Council	Introduced

* 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 Scott


A Resolution Entitled

A Council Resolution concerning
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Investigative Hearing - Baltimore City Police Staffing, Recruitment, and Retention
For the purpose of requesting that the Baltimore City Police Commissioner appear before the City Council to brief it regarding recruitment efforts, officer retention, and recouping training dollars, report on the number and percentage of individuals that enroll in the police academy, graduate from the police academy, and are employed by the Baltimore Police Department after graduation, and discuss the retention rate of those employed by the Baltimore Police Department, the deployment of officers, and how that deployment will enable the City to curtail the rise in violent crime.
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Recitals

Baltimore City ended 2016 with 318 homicides. Through November 2017, Baltimore City has already experienced 319 homicides and 649 non-fatal shootings. By any measure, Baltimore City has a violent crime problem.

It has been reported by the Baltimore Police Commissioner that the Baltimore Police Department is short 500 officers. This shortage is cited as a significant factor in rising overtime costs to fund basic patrol functions of the Police Department.

Moreover, the Police Department has stated that recruitment efforts have been improving as there are more individuals in the academy process now than at any point since 2004. Despite those efforts, and improvements in t...