Tag Archives: violent crime reduction

BBJ: Business leaders get details of Mayor Scott’s new data-focused violence reduction plan

Posted on April 20, 2021
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The five-year plan by Mayor Brandon Scott is still being formalized, but centers on declaring violence in the city a public health crisis and addressing it as such, with data and new strategies for intervention.
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Statement of Donald C. Fry, President and CEO, Greater Baltimore Committee, on Baltimore Mayor Scott’s Violence Prevention Framework and Plan

Posted on April 20, 2021
Both prongs of this crime reduction strategy must be implemented simultaneously with equal commitment and intensity. Neither approach on its own will address the crime crisis in the city.
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