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Maryland's governor, Wes Moore, says he's sending state police into Baltimore to assist city officials working to fight crime.

Scott Masione from member station WYPR reports the move coincides with the Trump

administration's plans to deploy National Guard troops to the city.

The state police are tasked with conducting proactive enforcement in high crime areas.

They aim to have a visible presence to deter crime,

according to Maryland Governor Wes Moore. It comes after President Trump threatened to send

National Guard troops to Baltimore, claiming it would reduce crime. Moore says that would not be

helpful and that crime needs to be addressed holistically. We said that we were going to take

an all the above approach to public safety, that you were never going to militarize your way into safe streets. Baltimore is experiencing record low crime rates

and is on track to have the fewest homicides in half a century. For NPR News, I'm Scott Masseoni

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