Gun Violence

Tom Hall opens the phones to hear what listeners think about one of the city's biggest challenges for the new year: curbing the relentless rates of homicide and other violent crime.

Baltimore City's top cop discusses key issues facing the city and its police force, from curbing gun violence to recruting new officers.

The director of the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement discusses efforts underway to reduce Baltimore's endemic gun violence, which for the eighth consecutive year has claimed more than 300 lives.

University of Baltimore law professor Dave Jaros discusses a judge's decision Thursday to try as an adult the 15 year-old squeegee worker charged with the July 7th murder of Timothy Reynolds.

Baltimore Ceasefire 365 co-organizer Letrice Gant discusses the weekend events, and the end-violence group's search for a new name and new logo less tied to the lethal mayhem it works to prevent.

On today's Midday with the Mayor, Tom Hall questions Mayor Scott about some key issues facing the city, from reducing gun violence and adding new police districts to improving water quality and new ARPA fund allocations.

We’ll go On the Record with Freedom Jones of the Center for Hope at LifeBridge Health. We talk about the Center’s connection to Safe Streets--a gun violence interruption program in Baltimore--and how to heal the trauma of the frontline work of stopping violence.

We’ll go On the Record with a leader of the Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy Schools. Deadly gun violence marred the start of the school year in Baltimore. Annette Anderson tells how building positive relationships with trusted adults can prevent violence.

More coordination among law enforcement may catch more violent offenders, officials said.

In this month's Midday with the Mayor, Mayor Scott recaps National Night Out, his Public Safety Report, squeegee worker programs and new allocations for American Rescue Plan funds.