In this very difficult fiscal climate, the safety of our citizens is suffering as we ask more and more from our public safety personnel.  

Overstretched Police Officers

While Maryland as a whole is experiencing substantial reductions in both violent crime and property crime, this is not true for Anne Arundel County.  View crime trends and data on the overstretching of our police officers here. 

Ambulance Response Times Far Exeed National Standards

Anne Arundel County Fire Departments are responding to an average of 157 calls per day for an ambulance.  With an average call lasting 89 minutes (53 of which are spent at the hospital), it is not uncommon for an ambulance to take more than 10 minutes to arrive at the scene of an emergency.   Make Maryland Great has undertaken an in-depth analysis of ambulance response times in Anne Arundel County.  Read the report here.

SWAT Team Legislation

One of the first projects Make Maryland Great took on was to help Mayor Cheye Calvo pass legislation requiring all Maryland jurisdictions to report the frequence and outcomes of SWAT team deployments for the first time.  This legislation was necessary because some Maryland jurisdictions were regularly using SWAT teams to serve warrants, unnecessarily traumatizing citizens and shooting pets.  Learn more about the problem here. 

We're pleased to report that this legislation was signed into law by Governor O'Malley on May 19, 2009, and Mayor Cheye Calvo won his lawsuit against Prince George's County in January, 2011.