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The JAG Program Showcase

The JAG Showcase highlights JAG projects that have demonstrated success or have shown promise in meeting the objectives and goals of JAG while positively impacting communities. Because the JAG Program provides jurisdictions with flexibility to tailor the programs to fit their needs, a wide variety of programs have been funded across the country. New success stories have recently been added, so visit BJA's JAG Showcase to learn more about successful and promising JAG-funded projects, including the Maryland Violent Offender Warrant Initiative highlighted below.

Maryland Violent Offender Warrant Initiative
At the direction of Governor Martin O'Malley, Maryland set in motion an intensified effort to arrest violent offenders wanted on open arrest warrants in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Prince George's County. Using JAG grant funding provided by the Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention, teams of local and state law enforcement officers worked collaboratively to aggressively target and apprehend violent offenders that prey on Maryland neighborhoods and who pose a threat to the safety and security of our citizens.

Starting in June 2011 in Baltimore City and later expanding to Prince George's County and Baltimore County, law enforcement officers were able to apprehend 2,064 offenders wanted for crimes such as murder, attempted murder, rape and other sexual assaults, child abuse, robbery, and aggravated assaults. In addition to the 2,064 offenders who were arrested, detainers were placed against 468 other offenders found to be already incarcerated