Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon hosts Regional Conference of Mayors Against Illegal Guns

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Coalition Announces Regional Gun Data-Sharing Initiative

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon hosts Regional Conference of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon hosted 16 mayors and city representatives from 7 states at a regional violence reduction summit where the coalition announced plans to share crime gun data in the Mid-Atlantic region. At the conference, mayors discussed the escalating crime trends and the costs of gun violence and other strategies to reduce violent crime, including intelligence gathering.

Participating Mayors:

Mayor Sheila Dixon (Host)	Baltimore, MD
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg	New York, NY
Mayor Douglas H. Palmer	Trenton, NJ
Mayor Jerramiah Healy	Jersey City, NJ
Mayor James M. Baker	Wilmington, DE
Mayor J. Richard Gray	Lancaster, PA
Mayor Tom McMahon	Reading, PA
Mayor Ellen Moyer	Annapolis, MD
Mayor John S. Brenner	York, PA
Mayor Carleton E. Carey, Sr.	Dover, DE

Cities Sending Other Representatives:
Jacksonville, FL
Camden, NJ
Philadelphia, PA
Newark, NJ
Towson, MD
Boston, MA

Read the press release

AGENDA
1:00 – 1:30 PM	Press Conference Mayor Sheila Dixon Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Mayor Douglas H. Palmer
1:30 – 1:45 PM	Q & A (Mayors move to separate meeting room closed to press.)
1:45 – 1:50 PM	Introduction by Mayor Sheila Dixon and Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld, III
1:50 – 2:30 PM	Panel Discussion: Intelligence Gathering and Regional Data-Sharing Moderator: Sheryl Goldstein, Director, Mayor’s Criminal Justice Coordinator, Baltimore Panelists: Daniel W. Webster, Johns Hopkins University Elizabeth Glazer, Westchester County District Attorney’s Office, former First Deputy D.A. and Director of Crime Control Strategies Garry McCarthy, Police Director, Newark, New Jersey
2:30 – 3:10 PM	Panel Discussion: Escalating Crime Trends and the Costs of Gun Violence Moderator: Ellen S. Alberding, President, Joyce Foundation Panelists: Philip J. Cook, Duke University David Hemenway, Harvard School of Public Health Douglas H. Palmer, Mayor, Trenton, New Jersey; and President, U.S. Conference of Mayors
3:10 – 3:30 PM	Wrap-Up by Mayor Dixon and Concluding Discussion

More photos from the event


	Selected Conference Materials (in PDF)

	Dr. Webster and Dr. Vernick's How Cities Can Combat Illegal Guns

	Dr. Cook's The Costs and Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence

	The Abell Report, Guns making their way into the hands of criminals post continuing problems of public safety

	Dr. Horowitz's The Crime-Solving Promise of Ballistic Identification

	PERF's Violent Crime in America: 24 Months of Alarming Trends

	Dr. Pierce and Dr. Braga's market study

	Baltimore and New York City Gun Offender Registry FAQ

	ATF State Trace Reports (in PDF) Delaware Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Virginia