Clear message cuts murders

Published January 6, 2009 5:00am ET



The schizophrenia governing Baltimore City policing is over. And the Baltimore City murder rate shows it.

It fell 18 percent last year to 234 killings, the lowest number since 1988 and about 50 fewer than the previous year.

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