Baltimore homicide rate for 2017 surpasses last yrs total

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Baltimore homicide rate for 2017 surpasses last yrs total

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The 21-year-old man, whom police did not identify, was the 319th homicide victim in the city in 2017; raising the total beyond the 318 killings that occurred in Baltimore in all of 2016.

That means this year is now Baltimore’s second-deadliest on record on a per-capita basis, with a month left to go. The record was set in 2015, when there were 344 homicides.
How can this be? Doesn't Maryland have strict gun control?" :roll:

At least Bloomberg has a solution and is willing to pay for it. :roll:

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Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $5 million to help the Baltimore Police Department enhance crime-fighting technology — including buying more surveillance cameras, gun-shot detection software and license plate readers.

The grant money will go to purchase 60 new Citiwatch surveillance cameras, 25 new mobile license plate readers and gunshot detection software to cover 10 miles of East and West Baltimore, city officials said.
The 60 new surveillance cameras will be installed on light poles, expanding upon the city’s system of 750 fixed cameras.

Drew Vetter, director of the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice, said city officials are currently deciding where to place the new cameras by comparing maps of where the most crime occurs with maps of the camera system.

“This will allow us to fill in those blind spots that exist currently,” he said.
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M-Quigley wrote:
Bloomberg Philanthropies is donating $5 million to help the Baltimore Police Department enhance crime-fighting technology — including buying more surveillance cameras, gun-shot detection software and license plate readers.

The grant money will go to purchase 60 new Citiwatch surveillance cameras, 25 new mobile license plate readers and gunshot detection software to cover 10 miles of East and West Baltimore, city officials said.
Can buy all the technology you want, but if you don't take the bad actors off the streets and keep them off the streets, nothing's going to change.
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Bruenor wrote: Can buy all the technology you want, but if you don't take the bad actors off the streets and keep them off the streets, nothing's going to change.
You're right, but that's too simple and too old fashioned of a concept for some people. This is what two MD residents feel is the proper solution.

https://www.themarshallproject.org/2017 ... ollections" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinio ... story.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2017/09/ ... ll/540813/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Yet this month in Baltimore, the city council voted 8-7 in favor of establishing a new mandatory minimum penalty for individuals caught carrying an illegal gun. The proposed legislation originally would have imposed a one-year jail sentence on first-time offenders caught carrying a gun within 100 yards of places like churches, schools, and parks. After public protest, the bill was weakened to add just a $1,000 fine to existing state law, which already imposes a one-year minimum sentence on second-time offenders.
The 2nd link does however hint at a similar solution.
Baltimore police reported that since January 2016, 60 percent of those defendants found guilty of gun possession had more than half of their sentences suspended.
Perhaps if they can keep criminals who break the gun laws already on the books off the streets, they might someday try to do the same for other violent crimes as well. (I doubt it however :( )
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