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Wes Moore: “We went from having amongst the highest violent crime rates…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Published | Video Starts at 12:20

I started working with local law enforcement. I started working with county executives around the state. I started actually, we made historic investments in predictive analytics and technologies and community violence … We went from having amongst the highest violent crime rates inside the entire country to now having amongst the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in the United States of America. … The homicide rates in the state of Maryland since I've been the governor are down nearly 25% that we have seen in Baltimore City. (12:20–12:28)

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