Murders, in the city, compared to just 10 years ago are up 125 percent, there were just 76 murders in the city in 2011 and that number jumped to 179 in 2020.
Certainly, that number cannot be pinned on the Justin Bibb administration, but as the murder rate soars the administration must find ways to slow the violence and bring a sense of peace to the neighborhoods.
“A lot of our violence drivers, its not like 300,000 people, it’s a handful of people, that’s really driving the crime,” Drummond said. “How are we handling mental health? How are we handling access to guns? How are we handling staffing within the division of police? How are we handling economic development,?’ we are turning this corner to meet the modern issues with modern solutions,” he said.
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