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Baltimore Mayor Releases New Crime Plan After 'Nobody Kill Anybody' Weekend Failure
Daily Caller ^ | August 9, 2017 | Anders Hagstrom
Posted on 8/10/2017 12:58:28 PM by Zakeet
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced a violent crime plan and appointed a new criminal justice director Wednesday, just days after the city failed to go 72 hours without a murder in the "nobody kill anybody" weekend campaign.
... Her policy plan addresses three areas she believes are the root cause of violent crime: poorly trained police, poor drug policy, and an under-educated populace.
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Pugh?s plan also addresses a criminal justice reform topic that has enjoyed wide bipartisan support across the country, which is lowering sentences for drug crimes. Her plan calls for increased investment in drug treatment programs and other penal alternatives to prisons, WBAL reported.
She also wants narcan, an overdose reversal drug, to be more accessible in the city.
Her final major reform is to make Baltimore?s community colleges offer a free two-year program to seniors graduating from local high schools, claiming violent crime is often caused by a lack of opportunity.
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Baltimore Mayor Releases New Crime Plan After 'Nobody Kill Anybody' Weekend Failure
Daily Caller ^ | August 9, 2017 | Anders Hagstrom
Posted on 8/10/2017 12:58:28 PM by Zakeet
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh announced a violent crime plan and appointed a new criminal justice director Wednesday, just days after the city failed to go 72 hours without a murder in the "nobody kill anybody" weekend campaign.
... Her policy plan addresses three areas she believes are the root cause of violent crime: poorly trained police, poor drug policy, and an under-educated populace.
[Snip]
Pugh?s plan also addresses a criminal justice reform topic that has enjoyed wide bipartisan support across the country, which is lowering sentences for drug crimes. Her plan calls for increased investment in drug treatment programs and other penal alternatives to prisons, WBAL reported.
She also wants narcan, an overdose reversal drug, to be more accessible in the city.
Her final major reform is to make Baltimore?s community colleges offer a free two-year program to seniors graduating from local high schools, claiming violent crime is often caused by a lack of opportunity.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
