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Crime is out of control in Baltimore City.

Given the devastation that crime can visit on families and communities, I will err on being a little too tough on crime than being too soft on crime.

You cannot police a community without effectively working with the community.

I'm result-oriented, and our neighborhoods will never prosper if we don't keep criminals from victimizing families.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

I don't think the biggest crime is to not sympathize with people. I think the biggest crime is to not be interested.

Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.

Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.

The consequences of a crime should not be out of proportion to the crime itself.

Getting guns off the streets does make communities safer. We can't stand here and say because we don't have the perfect solution, we shouldn't try.