Baltimore State’s Attorney Ivan Bates releases city’s ‘first-ever strategic plan’ for prosecution | GUEST COMMENTARY

When I campaigned for the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, I made three major promises to the residents of this city: to focus on illegal firearm possession that plagues our communities; to address quality of life offenses that infringe daily upon the residents’ enjoyment of their neighborhoods; and to rebuild the Office of the State’s Attorney for Baltimore City, restoring it to its place of prominence, not only in Maryland but across our country.

That last promise was...