The public prosecutor of the Baltimore City Council, which affects the town hall, focuses on youth crime

Baltimore – It's always a hot topic, and the top prosecutor of the city wants to hear what you have to say.

Regardless of whether it is a break -in of a car or for a violent attack when young criminals are arrested and then sent home to their parents, the people in the community want to answer. Ivan Bates from Baltimore City State would like to join the conversation and he wants to talk about solutions.

“I felt like [things] Become a little better. Unfortunately, I think they get a little worse, “he said. It's really something – your perception is reality.”

Bates will organize a town hall this evening from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Huber Memorial Church. He previously organized one of these joint talks – and concentrated overall on violent crimes. He says that numbers are in the right direction when it comes to violent crimes in the city.

“What we really want to concentrate on is what everyone is talking about – youth crime,” Bates told WMAR -2 News in a recent interview.

A current example that arrives in today's town hall this evening: At the beginning of this month, a 16- and 17 -year -old two women aged 82 and 64 attacked and robbed in a community garden in North Baltimore. The Baltimore police arrested the couple, brought them to the city's youth judicial center, which is led by the Department of Juvenile Services (DJS), and asked them to hold on. But the officers of the DJS inlet officers decided to forward them to their guards instead.

“I am not a DJ. I don't know why you are making your recommendations. I know that you have a machine that – a kind of scale that says what you should try or what you might do, but you know that I don't really do it. Unfortunately, I don't.

A new law came into force in November, which was supposed to take some of the processes for accounting. For example, if the police applied for a young person and do not adhere to the DJS employees of this request, DJs now has two working days to decide whether to take judicial measures.

“You should come back to see a judge and evaluate the judge. However, I don't really know if it really works. I would have to go on and look at it a little more in more detail,” said Bates.

Around the same time when the new law came into force, DJs also changed its internal guidelines in connection with GPS surveillance. Now DJS requires that a child who commits violent crimes is automatically set for GPS monitoring, and every child who already wears a monitor when he commits violent crimes is automatically recorded.

Bates says he would like to see data in the full year before making an assessment of whether the changes in the law make a difference.

In the town hall this evening, Bates will be accompanied by City Councilor Mark Conway, the chairman of the Committee on Public Security. There will also be representatives of several other city authorities who focus on crime and security solutions.