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Friday, March 06, 2020

Republican-Backed Md. Bill Targets Baltimore Crime, Would Allow Hogan To Declare State Of Emergency

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A bill backed by more than a dozen Maryland Republican lawmakers targeting Baltimore crime would allow Gov. Larry Hogan to declare a state of emergency based on a community’s homicide rate.

Senate Bill 1078 would allow the governor to declare a state of emergency in any community that sees at least three homicides per 100,000 residents in a 30-day period. To qualify for the declaration, Baltimore would need to see more than 18 homicides in a month.

So far in 2020, Baltimore has seen 51 homicides and 92 non-fatal shootings, police said Tuesday morning.

“There’s clearly a problem with crime in Baltimore City,” Senator Bob Cassilly said. “The murder rates just keep rising to new record levels every month.”

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Someone needs to get CIA Military involved and ask them to stop selling heroin to Baltimore Gangs.

Enough is enough

Anonymous said...

I agree

Anonymous said...

Only about ten or fifteen years too late.

Anonymous said...

Getting rid of Maryland Justice Reinvestment Act would help tremendously...it actually helps criminals..