The state of Maryland plans to send millions to beef up a Baltimore Police Department warrant task force, pay for additional federal prosecutors to focus on gun crime in the city and send state troopers to take over traffic patrols on Interstate 83, Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Thursday.
The governor called violent crime in Baltimore “the number one concern of Marylanders” and said the Maryland State Police will also do more to help other Baltimore Police units free up city police officers to focus on higher-priority violent crime.
Hogan said he plans to request the funds from the General Assembly as part of a supplemental budget request.
