Leaders try to get 1000 violent offenders off Baltimore streets
Jumpstart Warrant Initiative to happen in June
Posted: 05/31/2011
BALTIMORE - Baltimore City leaders are working to get bad guys off of the streets. It's all a part of the Summer Jumpstart Warrant Initiative.
"With this multi-jurisdictional effort, we are going to take violent offenders off our streets and make Baltimore's neighborhoods safer," said Mayor Rawlings-Blake. "
Police officers and agents from the Baltimore Police Department, Baltimore City Sheriff's Office, Maryland State Police, Division of Parole and Probation, and the Department of Juvenile Services will join together to form eight warrant squads.
The squads will serve warrants for violent crimes, this includes: gun crimes, violations of probation, sex offenses, and domestic violence.
The goal of the initiative is to get 1000 violent offenders off the streets.
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