Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is expected to announce today the creation of a new data analysis system called “Gun Stat” to measure the city’s success in combating gun crime, according to a copy of Dixon’s new anti-gun plan obtained by The Examiner.

Modeled off former Mayor Martin O’Malley’s “CitiStat” program — which tracks the efficiency of city services — Gun Stat will keep data on gun arrests, cases, bail status, outcomes of cases and sentences, Dixon’s plan states.

Dixon also is seeking legislation for a gun offender registry, similar to the sex offender registry, according to the plan.

Her announcement comes when the city’s rate of shootings is spiking. As of April 21, 204 shootings occurred in Baltimore, compared with 162 the same time last year.

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Additionally, Dixon will call for a new multi-jurisdictional gun task force and “hit list” of known “problem” gun dealers.

Dixon also will ask for better performance from police and courts. She will call for an end to “bundled pleas and suspended sentences in gun cases” and order all officers to appear at trial for gun-related court cases.

lbroadwater@baltimoreexaminer.com