Fmr. FBI agent says law enforcement leaders need to be involved in crime bill discussions - Fox Baltimore
BALTIMORE (WBFF) — For the second time in less than a year, Baltimore's mayor and police commissioner stepped into the statehouse to talk crime with the governor.
Thursday's meeting comes as lawmakers from both parties fight over competing bills, which are both aimed at curbing crime.
Some, however, say the wrong people are discussing these issues.
"Well it's a culture of violence, there's no doubt about it and the fac that the violent offenders, as others have said, are still on the street, that we don't have an aggressive policy or aggressive program to go after those with weapons and guns," said Tyrone Powers, former FBI agent. "I think it was wonderful that the governor and the mayor met but I don't think that's the solution. I mean, we've been having meetings and having plans and press conferences. We need the police chiefs to meet. Because neither the governor nor the mayor has a background in criminal justice or crime reduction. They are just having conversations about resources. If you tell me there was a meeting between every police chief in this particular region: Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Prince George's County, Anne Arundel County, Howard County, they came together and put together a program of best practices to help bound them in jurisdictions, that's where you're going to get solutions from."
Some say political partisanship is getting in the way of improved outcomes.
"We can dramatically reduce crime. We can mitigate the problem, we can get offenders off the street, but we have to stop the political posturing and the conversations between politicians who know nothing, was never elected based on their ability to dramatically reduce crime," said Powers. "They have to be intelligent enough to know what they don't know and bring in the experts and that's who we need to have the conversation with immediately because this can't continue throughout 2022. It's a sad situation."
Powers said more solutions can also come from the lower rungs of the law enforcement chain of command.
"Holding first-line supervisors responsible for the actions of their police officers, if you truly believe police officers are taking a knee, the commissioner's office is not going to turn that around. It's the direct, first-line supervisor who you tell your people, the 10-or-15 people that are under you, need to have this, or need to do this that will change things around," said Powers. "
source: https://foxbaltimore.com/morning/fmr-fbi-agent-says-law-enforcement-leaders-need-to-be-involved-in-crime-bill-discussions
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