WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Max Miller, a Bay Village Republican, is urging Gov. Mike DeWine to authorize deployment of the Ohio National Guard to Cleveland, citing crime rates and pointing to President Donald Trump’s use of federal troops in Washington, D.C., as a successful model.

In an op-ed published Monday in The Washington Times , Miller argued that Cleveland’s crime crisis demands extraordinary intervention. The city recorded 6,100 violent crimes in 2023, reflecting a violent crime rate of about 1,703 incidents per 100,000 residents, according to Miller. During the first half of 2024, the city recorded 46 homicides.

But crime and violent deaths have dropped dramatically since the pandemic . In 2020, the city recorded 192; last year, it had 128, one of the lowest totals in yea

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