Baltimore City law enforcement and the state and federal agencies that work with them deserve a big thank you from Marylanders. They have helped to make the city a safer place for everyone in the past year.
Murder is way down from last year ? 85 as of Tuesday compared with 134 at the same time last year, a 37 percent drop. That figure is nothing to be satisfied with. According to FBI statistics released Monday, the city is the third-most violent large city in the country. But it?s progress ? last year it ranked second. Beyond the 156,000 workers who commute in from the counties, every resident of this region has a direct interest in the future of Baltimore as the economic engine of our future.
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