Tag Archives: Public Safety

Statement of Donald C. Fry, President & CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, on discussion on police reform with Commissioner Michael Harrison

Posted on May 26, 2021
Commissioner Harrison and his leadership team are to be commended for their steady efforts to reform the police department, build trust and accountability in communities and get guns off the street.
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BBJ: Baltimore officials cut ties with controversial surveillance plane operator

Posted on February 5, 2021
“The Greater Baltimore Committee continues to advocate and urge the Mayor and the Baltimore Police Department to use every tool and resource available to break the cycle of violent crime in the City of Baltimore.”
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Baltimore Sun: What Brandon Scott faces as Baltimore’s next mayor: a pandemic, budget woes and crime-weary residents hoping for change

Posted on November 9, 2020
Baltimore City Hall
Donald C. Fry, president and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, said he is eager for Scott to work closely with the police commissioner to reduce violent crime.
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BBJ: Here’s where employers can start in addressing structural racism in the workplace

Posted on June 26, 2020
Bell-McKoy shared some of these essential questions with an online audience of nearly 200 Baltimore businesspeople June 26 during a Greater Baltimore Committee webinar largely focused on the role that structural racism plays in perpetuating wage and other achievement gaps between white and Black folks in America, and in Baltimore....
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Don Fry Commentary in The Daily Record: Mayoral candidates weigh in on fighting crime

Posted on May 29, 2020
Baltimore City Hall
While COVID-19 dominates the attention of many these days, there is a pivotal and transformative primary election coming up in Baltimore City on June 2.
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BBJ: Greater Baltimore Committee: City needs a mayor who can ‘measure up’

Posted on May 26, 2020
Through June 2, Baltimore residents will cast their ballots in the Primary Election for Mayor, City Council President, City Council seats and Comptroller.
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BBJ: Aerial surveillance planes to begin flying over Baltimore Friday

Posted on May 1, 2020
Camera-equipped surveillance planes will take to the Baltimore skies May 1, kicking off a six-month pilot program testing the technology's ability to help fight crime.
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GBC’s 2020 Maryland General Assembly Legislative Session Summary

Posted on April 13, 2020
Every year, prior to the start of the legislative session of the Maryland General Assembly, the GBC releases its Legislative Priorities, which are based on several core policy priority areas. Here is the end of session summary.
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BBJ: City panel approves ‘spy plane’ agreement, allowing surveillance planes over Baltimore

Posted on April 2, 2020
Last fall, the Greater Baltimore Committee called for the pilot program to be implemented.
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Baltimore Sun: Police Commissioner Harrison discusses ‘squeegee kids’ and his 5-year crime plan with Baltimore’s business leaders

Posted on March 5, 2020
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison pushed back March 4 on calls for increased police pressure on the city’s so-called squeegee kids while telling city business leaders about his five-year crime plan.
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