(BPRW) Talent on tokenism: Black Mayor Slash Crime despite media conference | Press releases

Baltimore, Long Branding one of the most dangerous cities in America, published crime data in the middle of the year, which showed a decline in murders by 22% compared to the same period last year. Non -fatal shootings have dropped by 19%, and youth murder victims have decreased by astonishing 71%. The police solve more crimes with a murder clearance rate of 64% and a non-fatal shooting rate of 20 percentage points above the department's 10-year average. “These historical lows are the result of a comprehensive, evidence -based strategy for public security, which we have implemented in cooperation with the residents,” said Mayor Scott. “But our work is far from over – 68 lives are 68 too many.”

The progress did not happen by chance. Under Scott's leadership, the Baltimore police combined the targeted implementation with help offers. Commissioner Richard Worley described how the strategy for reducing group violence works: “We go out and basically give them a letter and basically say:” Listen, we know that you will do the shootout. We want to put down the weapons, or we will take it from the street. increased to 79%, which is rarely observed in large cities.

“The Birmingham police department is extremely aggressive in what they do and how they follow a different approach to the police work of our community,” said Woodfin. He attributed a mixture of new technology such as the real -time criminal center and the cooperation of base. “If you share information, it does not allow the criminal element to be encouraged and hide behind the fear of people,” said Woodfin. “Those who kill people don't just go our streets.” Michael Pickett, chief of police at Birmingham, said that the city's Street teams also prevent retaliation measures before they take place. “We really hammer that we really, pickett towards the city council.” I am very grateful for all men and women in the police department of Birmingham who fight our fight. “

While the entire violent crime in Birmingham is slightly excited, the slump in murders shows that sustainable focus and coordination can work – even if large media cannot bother to treat it. State and federal partners in Maryland have also recognized Baltimores progress. “Baltimore City has published a report from the middle of the year in which very few murders that have ever been recorded in a single year with the office of Maryland, the governor of Maryland, Wes Moores.

In New York City, the mayor Eric Adams has a decline in the shootings of 24% and a decline in the murders by 14% in 2025, with the least of the few shooting incidents have been recorded for more than a decade. Robbery and burglaries have also dropped, with the NYPD data of almost every major crime category have consistent reductions. On the west coast, the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, fell by 14% in 2024 and the murders in connection with gangs fell in areas that target security programs for the security of community. Overall, violent crimes decreased by 3%, and ownership crimes such as break -in and car theft fell by thousands of incidents compared to the previous year.

In Chicago, the mayor Brandon Johnson has supervised a decline in the murders by 22% and a decline in the shootings of 31% at the beginning of 2025, which has achieved the lowest moral amounts in the city for over a decade. Civil servants loans in the community based on public relations and investments in the prevention of violence in the neighborhood. In Atlanta, Mayor Andre Dickens announced that violent crimes declined by almost 16% in 2024, with the murders decreasing and the crime of property crime also decreased. The city has invested in the hiring of more civil servants and at the same time expanded the early centers that combine young people with resources for educational and mental health.

The results are undeniable in both large and medium -sized cities: fewer families bury relatives, more cases solved and more residents who are willing to deal with the police. But to hear a large part of the national story, they would never experience it. Like several social media users in Baltimore, Birmingham, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Atlanta, Black Leadership is not a box for checking or a heading that you can boast about. It is what real, life-saving changes drift or not notices the national media. “While we acknowledge the historical lows we are experiencing, we have to acknowledge that there is a lot more work to do,” said Scott. “And our success causes me to commit myself even further.”