Baltimore is turning to the federal government for help in stemming a dramatic uptick in violence over the last several months.

Ten federal agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Marshals Service will embed with the police department’s homicide unit for the next 60 days, city leaders announced Monday.

They join the 20 ATF agents who were sent in last week to form BFED, a joint task force that “is the next step of an all-hands-on-deck movement addressing violence in our community,” Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Monday.

‘Innovative ways to bring charges’

The loaning of law enforcement officials is a common practice between local police departments and federal agencies for a particular investigation, but what makes this move unusual is that this isn’t for any one specific investigation and the loaning is typically the other way around — local detectives are usually plucked to assist a federal investigation, according to interim Police Commissioner Kevin Davis.

The task force’s federal reach will enable the city to “come up with innovative ways to bring charges against people harming the community,” that they otherwise couldn’t, said Davis.

“Our federal law enforcement partners bring tools to bear that we necessarily don’t enjoy, federal assets and federal techniques that will help us close more homicide cases,” he said.

All hands — or at least a lot of them — were on deck at Monday’s press conference announcing BFED.

“We will do all in our power to make sure the resources are here to make this endeavor a success,” said Maryland Democratic Sen. Barbara Mikulski, speaking on behalf of the state’s congressional delegation.

“There have been 191 killings (this year) in the city of Baltimore, that is completely unacceptable,” said Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby. “The police can’t do it alone. The state’s attorney can’t do it alone.”

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