Gov. Moore on Crime: ‘When I First Became the Governor, I Said, I Refuse To Be a Governor that Just Spends My Time Attending Funerals’

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MOORE: “Well, I think people, you know, people realize in the state of Maryland, when I first became the governor, I said, I refuse to be a governor that just spends my time attending funerals and giving thoughts and prayers. And so we decided to work with work, the great work that the with the mayor and our local law enforcement. We made a historic investments in local law enforcement, historic investments in technology and predictive analytics, historic investments in community groups and community violence interruption groups. And you‘re absolutely right. What we have seen where we had a major problem with violence before our administration came on board, when there was actually a Republican governor. And now, since we‘ve come on board, we have seen homicides in Baltimore city drop 62% since our administration came on board that we the first half of this year, we are now seeing the lowest homicide rate in the first half of this year than we‘ve ever had in recorded history. And it‘s not just what we‘re seeing in Baltimore. We are seeing one of the fastest drops around the country statewide in the state of Maryland. And so I think people are seeing that. We are making sure we‘re focusing on accountability. We are being tough on those who are choosing to violate the law and being tough on those who are choosing to use violence, use violence and handguns. But we‘re also making sure we‘re working with the community. We‘re working with local elected officials, we‘re working with our state‘s attorneys and our and our law enforcement and our community groups to drive the kind of results that people were hoping for. And we‘ve got more work to do. But I‘m very clear, and I‘m very proud of the work that we‘ve been able to see in the state of Maryland in these first two and a half years.”