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Baltimore Police report higher clearance rates, cite declines in homicides and shootings
Summary
At a Baltimore City Council public-safety committee hearing, police officials said clearance rates have risen and several violent-crime categories declined year over year; officials described changes to investigation practices and juvenile booking that they say improved case handling.
Baltimore City Council Public Safety Committee Chair Mark Conway convened a briefing on citywide crime metrics and investigative outcomes, during which Baltimore Police Department officials said clearance rates have risen and several categories of violent crime declined compared with the prior year.
Deputy Commissioner, Baltimore Police Department, told the committee, “So starting with our clearance rates, we continue to see increases in our increases in reference to homicides and shootings, compared, you know, comparing this year to last year. We're seeing the necessary trends. We're acknowledging, of course, ongoing crime challenges, but we're meeting those challenges based on this clearance rate.” The department later reported a 73.9 percent…
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