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| Harford County, Maryland Sheriff Jeff Gahler |
Sheriffs from 11 counties across Maryland have endorsed an anti-crime agenda proposed by the Joint Republican Caucus in the Maryland General Assembly, and are calling on Democrats in Annapolis to back the five-point plan. The agenda would increase penalties for violent criminals and extend their prison sentences, deny bail for repeat offenders, make the theft of a firearm a felony, reverse the ban on traffic stop searches when officers smell marijuana in the vehicle, and "correct recent misguided laws" to restore accountability for juvenile offenders who commit serious crimes. Passage of the plan was endorsed yesterday by the elected sheriffs of Allegheny County, Caroline County, Carroll County, Cecil County, Frederick County, Harford County, Queen Anne's County, Talbot County, Washington County, Wicomico County and Worcester County.
"Maryland is in a crime crisis," Maryland Republican Party Chair Nicole Beus Harris said in a statement. "While Governor Wes Moore and the rest of the Democrat Leadership deny this fact, pass laws that make the problem worse, or propose modest changes that won’t make a difference, the Republican lawmakers in Annapolis have a comprehensive plan to make Maryland safer. No one understands this crime crisis or the need for statutory changes better than our state’s law enforcement, and that is reflected in the support these top Sheriffs have given to the GOP Public Safety Agenda."
"Whether misinformed or willfully ignorant to the consequences legislated over the last few years, law-abiding citizens, the overwhelming majority of Marylanders, do not support the cruelty they have had to endure due to our elected officials granting clemency to the guilty," Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said Friday. "Their political correctness does not make us safer; it only generates intolerance and hatred. Those legislators seeking to delegitimize the rule of law, and tear down law enforcement, have recklessly and deliberately caused avoidable harm to all Maryland citizens. Now is the time to shield and protect our communities from the very few among us who seek to cause us harm."
Sounds like they have a good plan to fight the crime and violence in Maryland, hopefully this works out.
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ReplyDeleteGood luck with that. He doesn't have a snowballs chance.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the sheriff from Dorchester County?
ReplyDeleteWhere is the Sheriff from St.Marys?
DeleteOver policing is not good for the black community. Let black leadership deal with their own communities!
ReplyDeleteStop and search is precisely what we need right now, and believe me,the black community is fine with it,they want the crime and killing stopped as much as anyone, more in fact.
DeleteJeff Gahler is spot on with his comments. Anyone can see the problem is only getting worse...not better. INCARNATION is the answer...
DeleteNothing will happen as long as the lemmings continue to vote Democrat!
DeleteWhere is Calvert County's Sheriff?
ReplyDeleteI'm an African American I Endorse This Completely.
ReplyDeleteLaw abiding citizens want this agenda. Criminals, adult & juveniles, don't want this agenda. Governor Moore and all of us democrats should want this also. All of us Marylanders want to stop crime and live in peace. If you do the crime, then you need to do the time.
ReplyDeleteNot one sheriff from Southern Maryland supports this plan !
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