BALTIMORE (WBFF) – BALTIMORE (WBFF) — The Belair Edison Safe Streets site has been down for more than a month after the FBI executed a search warrant at the site, at the home of at least one worker and thirteen other locations; Despite the inactive Safe Streets site, gun violence has decreased, according to information from the Baltimore Police Department.
The Belair Edison catchment area has express barriers and they are outlined on a map provided through the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, or MONSE, which is the municipal company that oversees the implementation of the Safe Streets program.
According to BPD’s Public Crimes Panel, in the past 28 days, there have been no homicides or nonfatal shootings in the Belair Edison catchment area. However, since the beginning of the year, the map shows that there have been 3 homicides and six non-fatal shootings.
LifeBridge Health, the nonprofit that manages the Belair Edison Safe Streets site along with five other sites in Baltimore, did not provide a timeline for when the site will reopen. A LifeBridge spokesperson said the site remains down due to shortages.
David Caldwell, 37, who was the site’s administrator at the time the FBI executed the search warrants, remains on unpaid leave because of his ongoing felon case. The Baltimore City Prosecutor’s Office charged Caldwell with illegal ownership of ammunition; Authorities recovered nine live bullets. Caldwell is scheduled to stand trial in January. The federal search warrant remains sealed.
LifeBridge Health representatives have not yet interviewed FOX45 News, however, they were on WBAL News Radio Thursday afternoon to communicate about the hiring procedure and operations with the city.
“We will never necessarily close a site alone, we will do it in coordination with MONSE and that is why we, along with our partners at City Hall, will reopen Belair when the time is right and have the right staff, when it is safe to do so,” said Adam Rosenberg, vice president of intervention and violence prevention at LifeBridge Health Center for Hope.
Freedom Jones, director of network violence response at LifeBridge, said the procedure for hiring workers is confusing but ongoing.
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