Legislation sponsored by Sen. Cory McCray that would require all Baltimore Police Department officials ranking at captain and up to live in Baltimore City has Mayor Catherine Pugh’s backing, as well as that of the city’s incoming police commissioner.

In a statement, Pugh said she supports the bill—which would require roughly 50 commanders to reside in the city limits—because it’s “necessary that those who police our community also be part of the community.”

“We have no more important work than re-establishing trust between our police officers and residents of our City,” she said. Commissioner-appointee Michael Harrison, who starts as Baltimore’s top cop in about two weeks and must still be confirmed by Baltimore City Council members later next month, agrees that city residency should be a requirement for BPD higher-ups, Pugh said.

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