The pilot program has been the target of increasing scrutiny in recent weeks from several members of Baltimore City Council who have grown increasingly impatient for solutions.
Mayor Brandon Scott, left, with Shantay Jackson, director of the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, and other city officials tour Brooklyn with members of the Greater Baybrook Alliance in May. BALTIMORE — The Baltimore office charged with implementing the city’s Group Violence Reduction Strategy defended itself in a letter delivered to the City Council on Friday, arguing the process of reversing violent trends in the city is not “overnight work.
The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement “has remained diligently focused on meeting the ambitious timelines and targets we established during our foundational year so that we are in a position to maintain course and ramp up our efforts moving forward,” said Shantay Jackson, MONSE’s director, in the letter made public Friday.
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