City of Baltimore - File #: 07-0298R

• File #: 07-0298R
• Version: 0
• Name: Police Staffing Shortage - Baltimore City's Rainy Day Is Here!
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 6/4/2007
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 12/5/2007
• Title: Police Staffing Shortage - Baltimore City's Rainy Day Is Here! FOR the purpose of respectfully urging the Mayor to approve an emergency disbursement of $2 million from the City's "Rainy Day Fund" to begin an immediate and aggressive campaign to recruit new Baltimore City Police Officers to fill vacancies to enable the Baltimore City Police Department to fully implement the Commissioner's Public Safety Strategy and Baltimore Against Illegal Guns initiative.
• Sponsors: Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, President Young, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Keiffer Mitchell, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Vernon E. Crider
• Indexes: Police, Resolution

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
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
6/7/2007	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
Police Staffing Shortage - Baltimore City's Rainy Day Is Here!

FOR the purpose of respectfully urging the Mayor to approve an emergency disbursement of $2 million from the City's "Rainy Day Fund" to begin an immediate and aggressive campaign to recruit new Baltimore City Police Officers to fill vacancies to enable the Baltimore City Police Department to fully implement the Commissioner's Public Safety Strategy and Baltimore Against Illegal Guns initiative.
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Recitals

On May 30, 2 people were shot to death in separate incidents, bringing the homicide toll to 122 this year and underscoring the need for City officials' emergent response to the violent crime that has escalated to a crucial stage, threatening the lives and safety of the residents of Baltimore's embattled neighborhoods.

Baltimore's Police Commissioner has announced that the Department's Public Safety Strategy to achieve the goal of reducing violent crime and strengthening public trust will employ targeted enforcement, community engagement, and building strong partnerships, and that the Baltimore Against Illegal Guns initiative is based on a zero-tolerance for guns that prioritizes the enforcement, prosecution, and punishment of gun crime.

The targeted enforcement strategies that would afford law enforcement the opportunity to focus resources on th...