Baltimore Police Department's Dispatch and Communications Desk

BALTIMORE - OCTOBER 19: A Baltimore Police Department radio dispatcher monitors a computer screen and speaks with patrolmen in the crime ridden northeast district October 19, 2010 in Baltimore, Maryland. Baltimore police officials have been able to lower violent crime rates over the past three years. The department's "Bad Guys With Guns" program, a 3-year old initiative, aims to take guns off the streets and away from the city's most violent people. Police statistics show homicides in Baltimore are down 25% for 2010 and shootings have been reduced 31% over two years. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)