Mayoral Candidate Miller Releases Outline Of Crime Plan

Mary Miller, then a top U.S. Treasury official, listens during a Senate committee hearing in 2013. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Mary Miller, a late entry into the mayoral race, released a crime plan Monday. The plan focuses on reviewing law enforcement spending, overhauling police data collection and meeting the demands of the federal consent decree.

Miller, a former U.S. Treasury official and T. Rowe Price executive, said she left her time in the Obama administration energized.

"And it really inspired me for public service. So I came back to Baltimore and have devoted myself to working on problems in Baltimore's neighborhoods, particularly looking at the disinvestment we have in certain areas of the city, which is so afflicting those residents. And I see how crime, in particular, can hurt a neighborhood in moving forward."

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The plan calls for filling hundreds of police vacancies through increasing police pay and incentives to support officers who live and work in Baltimore. Miller's plan backs Commissioner Michael Harrison's plan to move sworn officers out of positions that could be taken over by civilians. She would also work to increase the diversity of the police force.

The plan also indicates support for the second planned test run of the police surveillance plane.

However, Miller said she would also hold the department to the timetable for reforms mandated under the consent decree, including strengthening the department's Public Integrity Bureau.

The plan has a section about reducing crime by addressing structural racism. Under her plan, support of the Kirwan Commission's education reforms is part of that process, along with increased support for formerly incarcerated residents.

The crime plan put in place by Harrison was met with criticism by Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 3, which represents Baltimore police officers. She said she would take a cue from her time in government and sit down with union leaders to lay out objectives on which all parties agree and move from there.

Miller promised more details to come.

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Robert Lang contributed to this report.