Larry Hogan on Crime Republican Maryland Governor; possible presidential contender

Re-fund the police; vetoed police reform bills

Criminal Justice : How to ensure effectiveness and fairness in law enforcement?
• Angela Alsobrooks (D): "Believes in the need for comprehensive changes that promote safety, justice, and equity for all residents." Implemented reforms enhancing police accountability. "Everyone has the right to feel secure" in their homes, schools, businesses.
• Larry Hogan (R): Boosted police funding, calling it "re-fund the police." Vetoed police reform bills, including body-camera mandates and limits on "no-knock" warrants. Let a bill become law without his signature that created a state unit to investigate police-involved deaths.

Re-fund the police: vetoed police reform bills

Criminal Justice : How to ensure effectiveness and fairness in law enforcement?
• Angela Alsobrooks (D): "Believes in the need for comprehensive changes that promote safety, justice, and equity for all residents." Implemented reforms enhancing police accountability. "Everyone has the right to feel secure" in their homes, schools, businesses.
• Larry Hogan (R): Boosted police funding, calling it "re-fund the police." Vetoed police reform bills, including body-camera mandates and limits on "no-knock" warrants. Let a bill become law without his signature that created a state unit to investigate police-involved deaths.

Losing faith in our justice system a really serious problem

Losing faith in our federal law enforcement officers and our justice system is a really serious problem for the county.

Increase penalties for using guns to commit violent crimes

Remove repeat violent offenders from city streets

Last fall, Gov. Hogan convened a series of meetings with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to discuss how to best assist Baltimore City in addressing the violent crime crisis. The Hogan Administration then announced a series of immediate and aggressive steps to support the Baltimore Police Department in removing as many repeat violent offenders as possible from city streets as quickly as possible.

"We have no tolerance whatsoever to those who are engaging in this violent activity & terrorizing the streets of Baltimore," Gov. Hogan said. "We will find you, we will arrest you, and we will prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law."

Crack down on violent crime with truth-in-sentencing laws

Justice for Victims Initiative: protect vulnerable citizens

This year, we plan to enact our Justice for Victims Initiative to improve services for the victims of crimes and to reduce the number of future victims of crime. We need to enact the Repeat Sexual Predator Prevention Act of 2017, the Protecting Victims of Sex Trafficking Act, and the Repeat Drunk Driving Offenders Act. All of this legislation will help make Maryland safer and will protect the lives of our most vulnerable citizens.

Vetoed expansion of voting rights to 40,000 ex-offenders

But the policies have been controversial and provoked a partisan divide. Last December, newly elected Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) reversed an executive order by his Democratic predecessor to grant voting rights to ex-felons in the state once they had completed their sentences. Governor Bevin framed his opposition to the executive order signed by then-Gov. Steve Beshear (D) on procedural rather than ideological terms.