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Johns Hopkins University wants to make a private police force for their campus.

(“Johns Hopkins University pushing bill to create its own police force in Baltimore” ) .

I do not work for the university, nor do I live in the neighborhood, but I listen to the voices of those who will be affected and I hear a great deal of concern.

The university believes their private police will keep their community safer.

Those of us in the general public wonder who is being protected from whom.

The residents of Baltimore ask Hopkins to put its efforts toward making the entire community safer.

They can do this by supporting the peace movement led by Mothers Against Violence.

Because the public has so little control over private police, Mothers Against Violence is supporting the Update to Gun Licensing bill in the Maryland legislature this spring.

Sincerely,

Mikayla Adamson

Mothers Against Violence