In light of the record-breaking violence Baltimore has seen over the past several months, the city has enlisted the help of the federal government to assist the police in restoring order.
For two months, the city will receive help from 10 additional agents, hailing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals Service. These new agents will join the joint task force B-FED, which Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake described as “an all-hands-on-deck movement addressing violence in our community.”
Baltimore has seen an alarming increase in homicides this year, with the current number at 192. Meanwhile, 2014 saw a total of 208 for the whole year. City officials are hoping that this new strategy will keep this number from climbing at this same rate.
