January 02, 2012|By Peter Hermann, The Baltimore Sun
"Every level of law enforcement has been getting better at using effective tactics and strategies to go after known violent officers," O'Malley said in an interview Monday. He said the VPI program helped parole and probation agents and corrections officers "see themselves as crime-fighting entities, and not as some sort of second-tier social service agencies."
"It's long been true that a relatively small number of people are responsible for the vast majority of really violent crime," O'Malley said. "Over the past 10 years, we've gotten a little better at stripping away the anonymity of these violent predators."
peter.hermann@baltsun.com
Baltimore's 2011 killings
Means:
Handgun: 150
Knife: 32
Beating: 7
Strangulation or suffocation: 4
Arson: 1
Vehicle: 1
Other: 1
Location
On street: 112
In home: 33
In vehicle: 17
In alley: 13
In parking lot: 7
In business: 6
In park or public area: 4
In vacant house: 3
In public housing: 1
Motive
Unknown: 157
Robbery: 12
Argument: 11
Domestic: 6
Other: 4
Drugs: 3
Child abuse: 3
Victim age
Under 10: 3
10-17: 11
18-24: 57
25-29: 49
39-39: 37
40-49: 20
50-59: 15
60-89: 3
90-99: 1
Victims shot in head
2007: 86 out of 232 (37 percent)
2008: 103 out of 191 (54 percent)
2009: 116 out of 196 (59 percent)
2010: 84 out of 168 (50 percent)
2011: 72 out of 150 (48 percent)
Fatal stabbings
2007: 20 out of 282 (7 percent)
2008: 19 out of 234 (8 percent)
2009: 22 out of 238 (9 percent)
2010: 24 out of 221 ( 11 percent)
2011: 32 out of 196 (16 percent)
Source: Baltimore Police Department, Homicide Analysis
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