After knocking on over 15,000 doors to talk face-to-face with District 1 residents, Paris found that over 75% of voters in the First District identify public safety as their primary concern.
As a trained social worker, Paris knows that public safety across our City doesn’t start or end with policing. The only realistic and sustainable path to a safer City requires investments that tackle the root causes of crime: poverty, lack of mental and physical healthcare, trauma, and other systemic causes.
Some of Baltimore’s great challenges will take years to tackle. However, there are many issues we can focus on that will result in immediate relief to Baltimore’s communities.