Don Fry decries proposed cuts to police budget, says city is in 'public safety crisis'

Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Donald C. Fry said the city is in the midst of a “public safety crisis” and called attempts by some members of the City Council lawmakers cut police spending “troubling.” In a letter Tuesday to Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young and the other members of the City Council, Fry said the business community agrees the city should be investing more money in education and youth programs than in law enforcement, but should not be making cuts to the public safety budget. Mayor…

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