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Public Safety

Baltimore is experiencing meaningful, multi-year declines in violent crime, driven by focused strategies, community violence intervention, and cross-sector collaboration. GBC works alongside the Baltimore Police Department and regional leaders to reduce gun violence, rebuild the force, and ensure public safety gains translate into opportunity for every neighborhood.

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After years of decline, Baltimore is making major inroads in public safety—with a 39% drop in homicides since 2022 and a 33% decrease over the past year. GBC and its members have supported this momentum through collaboration, recruitment efforts, media partnerships, and convening experts to ensure we stay on this path. Baltimore is ready to shed its outdated reputation and show the world it is open for business.

—William Moore, President, Southway Builders

A Coordinated Strategy for Safer Communities

Through its Public Safety Committee, GBC advances a coordinated, evidence-based approach to reducing violence and strengthening public safety systems. GBC champions proven violence reduction strategies—such as the Group Violence Reduction Strategy and Community Violence Intervention programs—that are driving double-digit declines in homicides and nonfatal shootings by aligning business, government, and nonprofit partners around shared metrics and directing resources to the communities most impacted by gun violence.

In parallel, GBC partners with the Baltimore Police Department to address workforce challenges by removing barriers to service and strengthening recruitment and retention, contributing to early gains in sworn officer staffing and projected academy graduates through employer-led solutions like a cadet driver’s license program, spousal employment support, and expanded housing options.

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We bring employers and civic leaders together to invest in prevention, support neighborhood-based solutions, and help accelerate Baltimore’s turnaround. By getting involved, partners play a direct role in linking public safety and economic vitality—helping create a virtuous cycle in which safer streets attract investment, grow jobs, and strengthen community well-being.

Join the Public Safety Steering Committee and help move this work forward.

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Media Coverage

'The work is not done': Can the mayor's new violence reduction plan make Baltimore safer?
WYPR

WYPR examines the city’s newly unveiled second phase of its successful violence reduction strategy, and considers whether it can build on past successes and achieve its stated goal of reducing violent crime by 15% annually over the next five years. Read more. 

Md. Gov. Moore touts public safety funding increase, even with crime continuing to drop
WTOP

Gov. Wes Moore has been touting parts of the budget he’ll be unveiling, to go with legislation he intends to champion in Annapolis. Read more. 

Baltimore homicides in 2025 fall to lowest level in 50 years
The Baltimore Sun

Police data show steep homicide reduction amid reforms and partnerships. Read more.

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