Neither Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott nor Maryland Governor Larry Hogan provided any specifics about their crime meeting on Thursday. However, both leaders have long pointed to violent repeat offenders as a top priority.
Last week, city police announced the arrest of 29 suspects who are accused of killing and injuring others on the streets of Baltimore. Half of them already had criminal records.
Why can’t the city seem to stop the revolving door?
“RIght now we don’t have enough cops,” said Thiru Vignarajah, a former Asst. State’s Attorney who headed the city’s violent crime unit. “We don’t have enough cops to do community policing or solve homicides,” said Vignarajah.
The city currently partners with the U.S. Marshall’s service in a task force which focuses on repeat offenders, but to win the crime war, Vignarajah says all agencies must be on the same page.
Justice Reinvestment Act is a piece of crap legislation…it definitely has contributed to the problem…get rid of that, and crime will go down.