BJA INVESTMENTS

In Fiscal Year 2014, BJA provided more than $10 million* in state and local funds to HIGHLIGHTS Maryland.

In Maryland, Byrne JAG state funding has assisted with numerous innovative Justice Assistance Grant Program—State Formula $3,817,597 initiatives and supports: Justice Assistance Grant Program—19 Local Awards $2,244,816 • Baltimore Child Abuse Center, which Other Direct Discretionary Funds $4,486,081 provides victims of child sexual abuse and nonoffending caretakers with intervention, Source: Bureau of Justice Assistance treatment, education, and advocacy services. *This amount does not include funding for national training and technical assistance The center has interagency alliances with programs that benefit all states and territories. Baltimore City social services, the Baltimore City Police Department, and the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City to LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND OFFICERS advocate and address the impact of abuse. Law Enforcement Agencies: 153 Sworn Officers: 17,312 • Data-driven policing practices. In collaboration with Washington College, the Maryland CompStat on Demand Program 12% 3% 16% 29% provides agencies with crime mapping and 8% analysis as well as recommendations regarding crime reduction strategies and accountability. • Specialty court dockets in Anne Arundel County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Charles County, and Baltimore City for drug and 22% 59% mental health courts. In Anne Arundel 52% County, awards went to purchasing mobile drug testing equipment, which improves offender accountability by providing on-site City County Tribal State Other testing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Report (2013) • Reduction of outstanding arrest warrant backlogs for local law enforcement agencies. • More than 60% of the 153 law enforcement agencies in Maryland have 50 or • Community-based, short-term detoxification fewer sworn officers. and mental health crisis stabilization in • Nearly 76% of sworn officers work for agencies with 100 or more officers. residential settings. Note: Detail may sum to more than 100% due to rounding. Source: National Criminal Justice Association

OFFICER FATALITIES AND ASSAULTS TATE DMINISTERING S A Between 2004 and 2013, 7 officers were feloniously killed (1 in 2013) and AGENCY (SAA) 15 officers were accidentally killed in the line of duty. In 2013, 2,319 officers were Governor’s Office of Crime Control and assaulted (4.65% of all officers assaulted in the United States). Prevention Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports Glenn Fueston, Jr., Executive Director http://www.goccp.maryland.gov/ MARYLAND Updated May 2015

CRIME TRENDS

According to the FBI Annual Report, nationwide violent crime in 2013

decreased more than 4% from the 2012 estimates. Below are the Total Population: 5,928,814 current crime trends for Maryland: Population Under 18: 1,344,522 Crime 2012 2013 % Population Over 65: 794,981 Source: U.S. Census (2013 est.) Violent Crime 28,055 28,089 0.12 Murder and Manslaughter 369 381 3.25 Forcible Rape 1,235 2,709 N/A State Investigative Agency: Robbery 10,141 10,048 -0.92 Maryland State Police Aggravated Assault 16,310 16,128 -1.12 Colonel William Pallozzi, Superintendent Property Crime 162,031 157,913 -2.54 Burglary 33,732 31,949 -5.29 Local Governments: 347 Larceny-Theft 113,274 112,546 -0.64 Source: U.S. Census (2012) Motor Vehicle Theft 15,025 13,418 -10.70 Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Federally Recognized Tribes: 0 RREST ATA Source: Bureau of Indian Affairs A D In 2013, total arrests (168,692) decreased 21.48% from 2012. Violent-crime arrests decreased 28.35% (6,925), and property-related arrests decreased 25.44% (20,773). U.S. Attorney’s Office: Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reports

Rod J. Rosenstein—District of Maryland, COURT STRUCTURE Baltimore Court of Last Resort: Court of Appeals Source: U.S. Department of Justice Intermediate Appellate: Court of Special Appeals General Jurisdiction: Circuit Court Limited Jurisdiction: District Court Homeland Security Agency: Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (2011) Governor’s Office of Homeland Security Walter F. Landon, Homeland Security CORRECTIONS Advisor Prisoner Admissions: 9,223 http://gohs.maryland.gov/ Prisoner Releases: 9,504 Total Prisoners: 21,335 Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (2013) Drug Courts: 41 Source: National Drug Court Resource Major Correctional Facilities: 26 Center Recidivism Rate*: 40.5% Top Offenses: Murder, robbery, assault (FY 2014) Source: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services *The percentage of released inmates who return to prison or community supervision for new crimes within 3 years.

REGIONAL INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS® (RISS)

The Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Crime Law Enforcement Network (MAGLOCLEN), a RISS Center, serves Maryland. There are 72 Maryland criminal justice agencies that are members of MAGLOCLEN. Source: Regional Information Sharing Systems