On Friday, Mayor Brandon Scott and a wide range of public officials gathered at East Baltimore’s Rose Street Community Center, founded by 2000 OSI Community Fellow Clayton Guyton, to announce the release of his Comprehensive Violence Prevention Plan. The plan includes a vast expansion of violence prevention programs like Safe Streets, which have a demonstrated record of reducing violence without increasing the involvement of law enforcement.
The plan closely aligns with the priorities of Baltimore City residents, as identified in the Blueprint for Baltimore survey. When respondents to that survey, conducted in 2019, were asked how the city should allocate resources to respond to violence, the top answer, cited by 32% of respondents was “expand the Safe Streets program.”
