With no signs of violence slowing in Baltimore at the end of 2017, Maryland’s governor plans to send in U.S. Marshals, state troopers and probation and parole officers to assist city law enforcement, and to ramp up demolition of vacant properties in crime-riddled areas, among other strategies.
“Let me be crystal clear,” Larry Hogan said at an afternoon press conference in Baltimore. “I have absolutely no tolerance whatsoever for these repeat violent offenders and these criminal gangs causing lawlessness in our streets.”
Repeating the phrase “violent repeat offenders” many times, Hogan laid out his plan. Effective today, his administration has asked state troopers to assist city police and the sheriff’s department with serving “high-priority warrants,” and has assigned more than 200 state parole and probation officers to help law enforcement track down violators in every city precinct.
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