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Jim
Kenney
believes
that,
in
order
to
increase
public
safety
in
every
neighborhood,
we
have
to
end
the
false
choice
between
protecting
our
civil
liberties
and
keeping
our
streets
safe.
At
the
core
of
his
strategy
is
a
plan
to
significantly
improve
community-police
relations
by
ending
stop-and-frisk,
recruiting
from
Historically
Black
Colleges
and
Universities,
mandating
continuing
legal
education
for
officers,
instituting
a
body
camera
program,
and
increasing
funding
for
the
Police
Advisory
Commission.
The
Kenney
administrations
second
public
safety
priority
will
be
to
enforce
a
holistic
community
policing
strategy.
This
includes
instituting
focused
deterrence,
increasing
foot
and
bike
patrols,
implementing
a
ShotSpotter
pilot
program,
reducing
enforcement
of
low-level
offenses
and
implementing
a
municipal
ID
program.
The
third-prong
of
Jims
public
safety
strategy
is
to
provide
real
opportunity
to
returning
citizens.
As
mayor,
he
will
strengthen
our
citys
ban
the
box
legislation,
expand
expungement
services,
create
work
release
programs
within
city
government
and
put
the
citys
reentry
programs
primary
focus
on
connecting
ex-offenders
with
living
wage
jobs.
As
a
City
Councilman,
Jim
took
a
leadership
role
in
fighting
for
fairer
interactions
between
police
and
residents
by
sponsoring
and
passing
legislation
that
decriminalized
the
possession
of
a
small
amount
of
marijuana
in
2014.1
Jim
heard
from
many
young
people
of
color
in
the
city
who
had
been
arrested
for
possessing
a
small
amount
of
marijuana.
As
a
result,
these
kids
saw
their
futures
ruined
because
of
their
police
record.
In
researching
this
issue,
Kenney
was
specifically
struck
by
the
racial
disparity
found
in
those
arrested
for
marijuana
possession.
Over
80%
of
those
arrested
were
African-American,
which
flies
in
the
face
of
national
statistics
on
marijuana
use.2
The
direct
correlation
between
these
statistics
is
the
effect
of
Stop-and-Frisk.
A
community
that
does
not
trust
police
due
to
fear
of
retribution
and
punishment
for
acts
that
are
seemingly
acceptable
in
other
sections
of
the
City
cannot
be
considered
acceptable
in
Philadelphia
any
longer.
This
legislative
and
policy
change
has
virtually
eliminated
the
over
4,000
arrests
a
year
for
this
minimal
offense,
allowing
police
to
focus
their
limited
resources
on
preventing
other
crimes.
To
continue
to
build
and
encourage
trust
between
police
and
their
communities,
as
mayor,
Jim
will:
End
Stop-and-Frisk
Policy.
Philadelphia
instituted
a
city-wide
Stop-and-Frisk
policy
in
2008,
and
in
2010
the
ACLU
and
eight
African-American
and
Latino
men
who
had
been
stopped
and
frisked
filed
suit
against
the
City.
In
2011,
the
parties
in
this
case,
Bailey,
et
al.
v.
City
of
Philadelphia,
reached
agreement
that
the
City
would
provide
certain
information
to
plaintiffs
counsel
regarding
stops
and
frisks
done
by
the
Police
Department.3
The
fifth,
and
most
recent,
report
has
found
that
over
80%
of
those
stopped
during
their
data
period
were
African-American
or
Latino,
and
89%
of
the
frisks
conducted
were
African-American
or
Latino.4
Additionally,
37%
of
stops
during
their
data
period
lacked
any
reasonable
suspicion
from
the
police
officer,
and
47%
of
the
frisks
conducted
lacked
the
requisite
reasonable
suspicion.
While
these
numbers
are
an
improvement
over
previous
reports
that
found
over
50%
of
stops
and
frisks
to
lack
reasonable
suspicion,
it
is
still
unacceptable.5
Arrests
were
only
made
in
7.5%
of
all
stops
conducted
by
police.
Jim
Kenney
will
not
permit
the
continued
prevalence
of
impermissible
stops
and
frisks.
Jim
will
institute
new
Reasonable
Suspicion
Training
so
that
all
officers
understand
what
is,
and
more
importantly
what
is
not
reasonable,
and
specifically
its
relation
to
a
recently
committed
crime
or
immediately
to
be
committed
crime.
Additionally,
Kenney
will
not
permit
quotas
of
stops
by
police
commanders.
Data
on
stops
and
frisks
will
be
logged,
and
officers
who
maintain
high
levels
of
unreasonable
stops
and
frisks
will
be
re-trained
again
to
fully
understand
that
activity
of
this
nature
cannot
be
tolerated.
Hire
and
Promote
Diversity
in
the
Police
Department.
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
every
city
department
should
look
like
the
city
population
itself,
diverse
and
encompassing
many
backgrounds
and
ethnic
heritages.
Recruiting
for
government
work
isnt
necessarily
easy,
and
finding
individuals
to
serve
as
police
officers,
willing
to
risk
their
lives
on
a
daily
basis
for
their
fellow
citizens,
is
especially
difficult.
Philadelphias
Police
Department
has
gotten
more
diverse,
but
there
is
still
progress
to
be
made.
The
Police
Department
is
currently
only
33%
African-
American,
and
a
total
of
43%
minority.6
This
is
an
improvement
over
the
19%
minority
representation
in
1987,
but
it
still
does
not
reflect
the
City
overall.
Additionally,
there
is
a
lack
of
diversity
in
command
positions,
such
as
Lieutenants
and
Captains,
with
only
29%
and
18%
African-American
and
Latino
representation.7
Kenney
believes
that
diversity
in
rank-and-file
positions
and
leadership
is
a
must
for
the
Police
Department.
As
Mayor,
Jim
will
direct
his
Police
Commissioner
to
undertake
a
complete
review
of
recruitment
methods
in
partnership
with
minority
individuals
in
leadership
and
rank-and-file
positions.
They
will
develop
a
strategic
plan
to
recruit
officers
from
a
diverse
group
of
people
that
reflect
21st
century
Philadelphia.
Jim
will
increase
recruitment
of
students
at
historically
black
colleges,
LGBT
individuals,
and
specifically
people
who
are
multilingual
and
represent
Philadelphias
Latino,
African
and
Asian
communities.
Additionally,
Jim
will
ensure
that
promotion,
while
merit
and
test-based,
will
include
a
diverse
group
of
men
and
women
who
have
earned
their
position.
Malcolm
Burnley
and
Patrick
Kerkstra.
Philadelphia
Police
Force
Still
Far
Whiter
Than
City
Itself.
Philadelphia
Magazine.
April
14,
2015.
7
Philly.com.
(Lack
of)
Diversity
in
police
ranks.
January
2015.
8
Rory
Carroll.
California
police
use
of
body
cameras
cuts
violence
and
complaints.
The
Guardian.
November
4,
2013.
9
Commissioner
Charles
Ramsey.
Philadelphia
Police
Department
Budget
Testimony.
April
15,
2015.
3
and
the
City
Solicitor
attributed
the
$11
million
increase
from
FY13
to
among
other
things,
higher
settlements
in
civil
rights
cases.10
Additionally,
from
2009-2014,
the
City
settled
$40
million
in
police
misconduct
lawsuits.11
With
the
city
committing
to
$500,000
in
FY16
for
BWCs,
and
the
Obama
administrations
commitment
to
provide
matching
funds
for
many
states
and
municipalities,
Kenney
believes
that
with
budgetary
savings
from
implementation
of
the
program
and
lower
legal
costs,
he
will
be
able
to
expand
the
program
and
purchase
another
2,000
cameras
per
year
over
the
first
three
years
of
his
term
so
that
every
officer
can
be
outfitted.
Implement
21st
Century
Policing
Task
Force
and
Department
of
Justices
Assessment
of
Deadly
Force
Reports.
President
Obama
issued
an
Executive
Order
on
December
18,
2014
that
established
the
Presidents
Task
Force
on
21st
Century
Policing,
chaired
by
Philadelphia
Police
Commissioner
Charles
Ramsey.
The
Task
Force
issued
its
interim
report
on
March
2,
2015,
and
it
contains
several
actionable
items
that
the
next
Mayor
should
implement
within
the
Police
Department.
These
include
more
emphasis
on
working
collaboratively
with
community
members
to
identify
problems
and
implement
crime-fighting
strategies,
providing
more
crisis
intervention
training
to
recruits
and
officers,
working
more
closely
with
schools
to
intervene
before
students
become
violent
and
how
they
can
refocus
energy
from
violence
to
learning,
and
implementing
more
programming
to
build
trust
between
youth
and
police.12
As
mayor,
Jim
will
review
and
implement
all
of
the
reports
recommendations
that
are
applicable
to
Philadelphia.
The
U.S.
Department
of
Justice
also
released
a
report
in
early
2015
that
reviewed
the
Philadelphia
Police
Departments
use
of
deadly
force
from
2007-2014,
or
394
incidents.
The
report
made
many
findings
specifically
related
to
training
and
outfitting
officers
with
electronic
control
weapons,
otherwise
known
as
tasers,
as
an
alternative
to
the
use
of
their
service
weapon.
Mayor
Nutter
issued
an
Executive
Order
on
March
25,
2015
to
create
the
Police
Community
Oversight
Board
to
work
with
the
Police
Commissioner
to
implement
the
91
recommendations
included
in
the
report.13
In
addition
to
Temple
University
Beasley
School
of
Law
Dean
Joanne
Epps,
Mayor
Nutter
has
appointed
twenty-three
additional
Commissioners,
including
Nina
Ahmad,
a
member
of
Jim
Kenneys
Policy
Committee,
to
work
on
implementing
the
recommendations
of
this
and
the
21st
Century
Policing
reports.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
reauthorize
this
Executive
Order
to
continue
the
Commission
and
allow
it
to
finish
its
work.
Jim
will
also
direct
his
Police
Commissioner
to
work
with
the
Commission
and
implement
its
recommendations.
10
City
Solicitor
Shelley
Smith.
Law
Department
Budget
Testimony.
April
16,
2014.
David
Gambacorta.
Open-government
group
eyes
police-lawsuit
settlements.
Philadelphia
Daily
News.
October
22,
2014.
12
st
The
Presidents
Task
Force
on
21
Century
Policing.
Interim
Report.
March
2015.
13
Executive
Order
No.
1-15.
4
11
Comprehensive
and
Continuing
Education
for
Police
Officers.
Both
policing
reports
issued
in
2015
agree
that
more
training
and
education
should
be
given
to
police
recruits
in
the
academy,
and
continuing
instruction
every
year.
Jim
Kenney
agrees,
and
he
would
go
even
beyond
the
situational
training
and
conflict
resolution
training
suggested
by
the
Department
of
Justice
and
the
Presidents
Task
Force.
Jim
will
direct
his
Police
Commissioner
to
institute
specific
academy
courses
on
the
U.S.
and
Commonwealth
Constitutions
as
it
pertains
to
civilian
rights,
and
he
will
also
push
for
a
course
on
the
history
of
civil
rights
in
the
United
States.
Nashville,
TN,
recently
instituted
a
similar
course,
and
Philadelphia
police
recruits
have
used
Washingtons
Holocaust
Memorial
Museum
since
2008
as
a
way
to
show
cadets
the
tragic
history
of
people
victimized
solely
by
prejudice.1415
As
mayor,
Jim
will
turn
these
one
off
events
into
real
courses
by
partnering
with
Philadelphias
great
colleges
and
universities.
By
providing
this
instruction
cadets
will
learn
and
understand
the
rights
and
protections
of
the
Constitution,
and
learn
more
fully
that
people
were
mauled
and
murdered
trying
to
obtain
those
full
rights
and
protections.
This
will
make
them
better
people,
and
much
better
police
officers.
In
addition,
Jim
will
institute
continuing
education
and
training
courses
for
all
police
officers,
as
part
of
their
annual
in-service,
on
Constitutional
law
changes
and
updates
based
off
of
recent
court
opinions
and
legislative
changes.
The
law
is
living
and
ever
changing.
As
the
enforcers
of
that
law,
police
officers
must
have
regular
updates
on
important
changes
to
our
legal
system.
Jim
Kenney
will
make
sure
this
happens
as
mayor.
Reform
Disciplinary
Procedures.
The
Police
and
Firefighter
Collective
Bargaining
Law,
colloquially
known
as
Act
111,
governs
much
of
what
can
and
cannot
be
done
managerially
for
Police
and
Fire
employees
across
the
Commonwealth.
There
are
meant
to
be
extra
protections
for
these
employees
because
of
their
special
status
as
safety
workers,
and
to
make
up
for
their
inability
to
strike
like
other
municipal
or
private-sector
unions.
The
Act
requires
that
Unions
and
City
management
work
collectively
and
in
good
faith
to
implement
changes.
Some
City
administrations
have
taken
steps
to
work
around
these
required
negotiations,
and
they
have
in
turn
been
rejected
by
the
Pennsylvania
Labor
Relations
Board
(PLRB),
including
most
recently
last
year
pertaining
to
a
new
disciplinary
code
implemented
in
the
Police
Department
in
2010.16
While
the
new
code
was
praised
by
legal
experts
to
meet
national
standard,
much
of
it
was
rejected
by
the
PLRB
because
of
the
strong
protections
of
Act
111.
The
code
was
eventually
adopted
as
part
of
the
most
recent
Act
11
Arbitration
Award
between
the
City
and
FOP
Lodge
5.
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
it
is
clear
that
further
disciplinary
changes
are
in
order.
A
Police
Advisory
Commission
(PAC)
report
late
in
2014
found
that
in
26
cases
reviewed
by
the
PAC,
19
cases
resulted
in
the
officer
being
reinstated
through
arbitration.17
Jim
knows
that
in
order
to
14
Metro
police
take
part
in
civil
rights
training.
April
7,
2015.
WSMV
Nashville.
Tim
Jimenez.
Philadelphia
Police
Recruits
Leave
For
Holocaust
Museum
Trip.
KYW.
April
7,
2015.
16
Mark
Fazlollah.
Phila.
police
temporarily
halt
disciplining
officers.
Philadelphia
Inquirer.
June
1,
2014.
17
Police
Advisory
Commission.
2012-2013
Annual
Report.
November
12,
2014.
5
15
build
public
trust,
the
citizens
of
Philadelphia
must
know
that
Philadelphia
Police
who
do
not
act
or
behave
appropriately
will
be
held
accountable
for
their
actions.
Because
of
State
law,
this
process
must
be
collaborative
between
union
representation,
and
city
administration.
After
being
sworn-in
as
mayor
in
January
2016,
Jim
will
direct
his
City
Solicitor
and
Police
Commissioner
to
review
the
new
Disciplinary
Code
adopted
in
2014,
determine
whether
it
is
effective,
and
if
it
is
not,
negotiate
with
the
FOP
for
disciplinary
code
changes
that
further
implement
national
standards,
and
ensure
bad
officers
are
not
permitted
to
continue
serving.
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
officers
who
lie,
use
hate
speech,
break
the
law,
use
undue
force
or
otherwise
disgrace
the
uniform
and
reputation
of
thousands
of
good
officers,
should
be
held
accountable,
and
should
not
continue
to
wear
a
badge
for
the
City
of
Philadelphia.
Support
Police
Advisory
Commission.
Initiated
by
Executive
Order
and
City
Council
Ordinance
in
1993,
the
Police
Advisory
Commission
fields
complaints,
conducts
audits,
provides
proactive
oversight,
provides
public
reporting
and
data
on
police
issues
and
conducts
public
meetings
and
community
outreach.
The
PACs
greatest
challenge
is
its
overall
lack
of
funding.18
Philadelphias
police
oversight
agency
lags
behind
New
York,
Chicago,
Los
Angeles,
Washington,
and
even
Pittsburgh
in
funding
its
police
oversight
agency.
At
$282,387
a
year,
the
PACs
funding
is
closer
to
Berkley,
CA,
and
only
amounts
to
$42
an
officer.19
As
mayor,
Jim
will
steadily
increase
the
funding
of
the
Police
Advisory
Commission
so
it
is
more
reflective
of
other
large
cities
in
the
U.S.
Over
his
term,
Kenney
will
look
to
increase
funding
so
that
the
costs
per
citizen
for
operation
will
be
at
parity
with
other
large
cities
such
as
Los
Angeles
and
Kansas
City,
which
spend
close
to
$1
per
citizen.
With
this
standard,
Kenney
will
increase
PAC
funding
to
$1.5
million
over
a
period
of
four
years.
This
funding
should
help
pay
for
itself,
with
increased
savings
from
more
frequent
audits,
and
less
legal
costs
associated
with
inappropriate
actions
by
police
officers
that
are
found
and
removed
before
they
commit
serious
civil
rights
violations
that
cost
the
City
millions
in
settlements.
18
Id.
Id.
20
City
Council
Resolution
130596,
Resolution
130728.
19
21
Upgrade
and
Renovate
Police
Stations
and
Firehouses.
In
May
2010,
City
Controller
Alan
Butkovitz
issued
a
follow-up
to
2006
report
on
the
deplorable
conditions
in
Police
Department
facilities
across
Philadelphia.21
From
electrical
and
plumbing
issues,
to
structural
and
mechanical
issues,
the
report
outlines
the
overall
disrepair
that
these
facilities
have
fallen
into
over
decades
of
neglect.
In
addition,
Philadelphia
firehouses
have
been
closed
in
the
recent
past
for
months
at
a
time
for
suspicious
odors
and
make
year-long
repairs
to
a
fire
damaged
station
in
the
heart
of
the
Old
City
tourist
district.
This
firehouse
stands
on
the
location
of
the
first
firehouse
in
the
original
colonies,
opened
by
Benjamin
Franklin
in
the
18th
century.
As
Philadelphia
continues
work
on
a
new,
state
of
the
art
Police
Headquarter
facility
in
West
Philadelphia,
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
more
must
be
done
to
repair
and
renovate
the
facilities
that
the
front-line
officers
use
on
a
daily
basis.
The
Department
of
Public
Property
has
conducted
a
census
of
needed
repairs
at
these
facilities
and
ranked
them
on
the
basis
of
need.
The
FY16
Capital
Budget
includes
$16
million
for
firehouse
and
police
station
repairs,
which
is
a
good
start.22
These
funds
have
been
steadily
building
over
several
fiscal
years
because
of
the
citys
incapacity
to
complete
the
projects.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
work
with
Public
Property
and
Philadelphia's
building
and
construction
trades
to
develop
a
plan
to
use
these
funds
to
the
maximum
effect.
Buildings
in
poor
conditions
will
be
given
highest
priority,
and
if
the
some
of
the
repairs
are
more
expensive
than
building
a
new
facility,
the
city
will
begin
designs
and
plans
to
build
that
new
facility.
With
the
funds
in
place,
Jim
Kenney
will
spend
them
efficiently
and
effectively
to
improve
conditions
for
first
responders
across
Philadelphia.
Replace
Aging
Vehicles
and
Apparatus.
The
past
several
years
have
seen
multiple
reports
of
Fire
Apparatus
breakdowns,
fires,
and
malfunctions
causing
multi-vehicle
accidents
across
Philadelphia.
The
incident
that
caused
the
closure
of
the
nations
first
firehouse
at
4th
and
Arch
Streets
was
caused
by
a
malfunction
in
a
the
engine
of
a
medic
units,
forcing
firefighters
to
turn
their
hoses
on
their
own
home
building.
In
2008
the
Department
of
Fleet
Management
noted
that
the
condition
of
fire
apparatus
were
unsafe,
yet
in
a
hearing
call
by
then-Councilman
Jim
Kenney
in
2013,
the
Fleet
Manager
noted
that
due
to
budget
constraints
the
situation
had
not
improved,
and
many
vehicles
were
still
in
an
unsafe
condition.
Additionally,
the
Police
Department
pulled
over
280
vehicles
from
the
street
because
of
issues
with
the
vehicle
frames,
and
after
a
cruiser
burst
into
flames
on
a
South
Philadelphia
street.23
Jim
believes
these
situations
and
conditions
are
unacceptable.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
invest
significant
capital
funds
in
the
purchase
of
new
fire
apparatus
and
medic
units
to
replace
the
citys
aging
fleet,
and
ensure
that
police
vehicles
are
safe
and
replaced
regularly
considering
the
daily
grind
these
cars
take
on
city
streets.
Some
Capital
Budget
money
has
been
allocated
in
the
Five-Year-Plan
for
these
purchases,
and
Jim
will
fully
review
those
allocations
and
look
to
increase
them.
Expand
the
use
of
Focused
Deterrence
Strategy.
Developed
by
David
Kennedy
and
detailed
in
his
book,
Dont
Shoot:
One
Man,
A
Street
Fellowship,
and
The
End
of
Violence
in
Inner-City
America,
Focused
Deterrence
works
under
the
assumption
that
there
are
only
a
few
people
in
each
community
committing
the
highest
percentage
of
crime
and
violence.
In
the
1990s,
Kennedy,
then
a
professor
at
Harvard
University,
found
that
Boston
police
were
successfully
communicating
with
gang
members,
and
organizing
meetings
with
local
clergy
members
to
discourage
their
behavior
in
a
program
called
Boston
Ceasefire.25
These
call-ins
gave
police
the
opportunity
to
let
gang
members
know
that
they
knew
who
they
were,
where
they
lived,
who
they
lived
with
and
what
they
were
doing.
At
the
call-ins
they
heard
from
community
members
who
had
been
victimized
by
their
violence,
and
they
heard
from
police
that
there
would
be
harsher
and
more
serious
ramifications
if
the
violence
continued.26
They
were
also
given
hope
however.
They
were
told
that
the
government
knew
how
difficult
it
was
to
get
out
of
their
cycle
of
violence
and
crime.
These
young
people
were
told
they
could
get
help
with
education,
employment
or
ending
their
addictions.
Most
importantly,
after
these
call-ins,
both
sides
lived
up
to
their
word.
If
a
gang
member
committed
violence,
there
were
significant
criminal
penalties
for
all
members
of
that
gang.
But,
if
someone
asked
for
help
they
got
it,
and
many
were
able
to
turn
their
lives
around
for
the
better.
A
tremendous
success,
this
was
called
the
Boston
Miracle.27
The
program
was
not
continued
however,
and
shortly
thereafter
violence
and
shootings
were
back
on
the
rise.
In
2013,
Philadelphia
Police,
in
collaboration
with
the
District
Attorney,
Attorney
General
and
a
whole
host
of
other
partners,
began
implementing
this
program
in
South
Philadelphia.
Led
by
First
Asst.
D.A.
Ed
McCann
and
Brian
Lentz,
Fmr.
Chief
of
the
Gun
Violence
Task
Force,
this
24
Dylan
Purcell
and
Aubrey
Whelan.
Phila.'s
murder
rate
at
historic
low:
A
look
at
why.
Philadelphia
Inquirer.
January
4,
2015.
25
Bryan
Lentz
and
Andrew
Wellbrock.
Focused
Deterrence
in
Philadelphia.
Philadelphia
Social
Innovations
Journal.
26
Id.
27
Id.
8
coalition
began
targeting
gangs
and
groups
in
South
Philadelphia
for
intervention.28
They
held
their
first
call-in
at
City
Hall
in
April
2013,
where
gang
members
were
given
a
similar
message
to
that
in
Boston,
and
significant
help
was
offered.
Within
an
hour
of
the
meeting,
two
of
the
forty
attendees
had
already
called
for
help,
and
dozens
more
would
follow.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
make
sure
that
Focused
Deterrence
is
not
just
another
program,
but
that
it
is
a
strategy
for
police
across
Philadelphia.
Working
with
the
District
Attorneys
office,
the
Police
Department
will
determine
the
most
serious
crime
hot
spots
in
the
City
and
begin
implementation
of
this
strategy.
The
success
of
this
program
in
South
Philadelphia
should
foster
additional
collaboration
from
community
partners
and
other
governmental
and
social
agencies,
and
the
City
will
do
its
part.
Necessary
resources
will
be
aligned
from
existing
governmental
structures
so
additional
resources
should
be
minimal.
Improve
Neighborhood
Community
Policing.
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
in
order
for
neighborhoods
to
feel
and
be
safe,
police
must
be
trusted
and
wanted
members
and
participants
in
each
community.
These
positive
interactions
used
to
be
commonplace
in
Philadelphia
and
other
large
cities.
Beat-cops
were
a
trusted
resource
in
most
neighborhoods,
but
the
mechanization
of
policing
has
limited
this
once
positive
interaction.
Commissioner
Ramsey
moved
to
implement
community
policing
again
early
in
his
tenure.
These
community
patrols
are
done
by
newly
graduated
cadets
in
most
areas
for
foot
patrols,
and
the
Department
has
also
seen
an
increase
in
the
number
of
bike
patrols.
The
key
takeaway
is
that
these
foot
and
bike
patrols
work.
In
2009,
Temple
University
studied
an
increase
in
community
policing
in
several
hot
spots
or
violent
crime
zones
in
Philadelphia,
and
the
results
are
noteworthy.
Violent
crime
was
reduced
by
23%,
with
the
targeted
areas
seeing
90
fewer
violent
crimes.29
Also,
foot
patrol
officers
were
more
likely
to
intervene
in
community-service
type
interaction,
while
car
patrols
were
more
likely
to
be
concerned
with
major
crimes
or
adversarial
stops.30
The
Use-of-Force
spectrum
notes
that
the
lowest
level,
Officer
Presence,
is
considered
the
best
way
to
resolve
a
situation,
and
is
usually
the
easiest
way
to
stop
or
prevent
crime.31
If
this
presence
is
augmented
by
proper
and
helpful
interactions
between
police
and
residents,
it
cannot
help
but
improve
overall
relations
and
make
the
city
a
safer
place.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
implement
a
fuller
community-policing
model
to
include
more
foot
and
bike
patrols
across
the
city.
Utilizing
existing
personnel,
these
patrols
will
improve
conditions
on
neighborhood
commercial
corridors
to
support
businesses,
and
in
neighborhoods
where
traditional
policing
hasnt
reduced
overall
crime.
While
Jim
realizes
that
community
policing
of
this
order
is
not
a
28
Mike
Newall.
Targeting
South
Philly's
top
criminals.
Philadelphia
Inquirer.
November
4,
2013.
Ratcliffe,
J.
H.,
Taniguchi,
T.,
Groff,
E.R.,
&
Wood,
J.
(2011).
The
Philadelphia
Foot
Patrol
Experiment:
A
randomized
controlled
trial
of
police
patrol
effectiveness
in
violent
crime
hotspots.
Criminology,
49(3),
795-831
30
Groff,
E.R.,
Johnson,
L.,
Ratcliffe,
J.H.
and
Wood,
J.
(2013)
Exploring
the
relationship
between
foot
and
car
patrol
in
violent
crime
areas.
Policing:
An
International
Journal
of
Police
Strategies
and
Management,
36(1):
119-139.
31
National
Institute
for
Justice.
The
Use-of-Force
Continuum.
August
4,
2009.
9
29
panacea,
he
believes
it
can
be
combined
with
a
number
of
initiatives
to
improve
relations,
and
make
people
safer.
32
Fight
for
Stronger
Gun
Laws.
Over
the
past
ten
years,
Philadelphia
has
made
multiple
attempts
to
enact
municipal
laws
to
combat
the
prevalence
of
guns
on
city
streets.
In
2008,
City
Council
passed
two
Ordinances
to
limit
handgun
sales
to
one
per
month,
and
also
prohibit
the
sale
of
assault
weapons
at
city
gun
shops.37
Jim
Kenney
proudly
supported
this
legislation,
but
due
to
interference
and
preemption
by
the
General
Assembly,
these
laws
were
never
enforced.
As
Liz
Spikol.
Heres
How
Camden
Reduced
Gunfire
by
Nearly
50
Percent.
Philadelphia
Magazine.
April
2,
2015.
Mark
Berman.
New
York
City
is
rolling
out
ShotSpotter,
a
surveillance
network
for
gunshots.
Washington
Post.
March
16,
2015.
34
Dustin
Slaughter.
New
Details
on
Body
Cameras,
Gunshot
Detection
Surveillance
Revealed
During
Police
Budget
Testimony.
The
Declaration.
April
15,
2015.
35
Philadelphia
City
Council.
Committee
of
the
Whole
Hearing
Transcript.
March
25,
2014.
36
Luke
Broadwater.
City
surveillance
camera
system
to
expand.
Baltimore
Sun.
July
21,
2012.
37
City Council Ordinances 080033, 080035
10
33
mayor,
Jim
will
be
a
strong
advocate
for
both
State
and
Federal
gun
laws
just
as
Mayor
Nutter
has
been.
In
addition,
Jim
will
be
a
strong
advocate
for
the
repeal
of
Stand
Your
Ground
laws,
sometimes
called
Castle
Doctrine
in
Pennsylvania.
These
laws
proliferate
so-called
justifiable
homicides,
and
do
nothing
to
make
neighborhoods
any
safer.
Getting
these
weapons
off
of
city
streets
and
out
of
the
hands
of
criminals
is
both
the
responsibility
of
police
officers,
and
political
leaders.
Jim
will
stand
up
against
the
NRA,
and
work
with
other
leaders
across
Pennsylvania
and
the
country
to
do
the
same.
38
Review
Police
District
Allocations
and
Boundaries.
The
Philadelphia
Police
Department
is
divided
across
the
City
into
21
separate
Districts,
and
each
District
is
broken
into
up
to
four
Public
Service
Areas
(PSA).
These
District
designations
have
been
in
place
for
some
time,
and
the
past
several
years
have
seen
consolidation
of
Districts
in
some
areas,
including
the
3rd
and
4th
Districts
in
South
Philadelphia.
The
15th
District,
operating
in
Northeast
Philadelphia
has
been
called
the
busiest
in
the
City,
handling
more
calls
than
every
other
District.38
There
has
been
an
effort
to
split
the
15th
into
two
separate
Districts
to
allow
for
a
better
allocation
of
resources.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
direct
his
Police
Commissioner
to
conduct
a
thorough
review
of
the
15th,
and
other
Police
Districts
to
determine
whether
splitting
or
consolidating
Districts
makes
logistical
sense,
and
would
improve
public
safety.
More
Effectively
Use
Police
Time
and
Resources.
As
Jim
Kenney
noted
in
2014
during
discussions
over
the
decriminalization
of
small
amounts
of
marijuana,
Philadelphia
must
prioritize
its
police
resources
to
use
them
more
effectively
and
efficiently.
The
over
4,000
arrests
for
marijuana
possession
led
to
17,000
hours
of
police
time
wasted
for
a
minimal
offense.39
These
police
hours
should
be
redirected
to
serious
offenses
and
providing
coverage
and
presence
to
limit
the
instances
of
crime.
Other
cities,
specifically
New
York,
have
stepped
back
from
the
major
enforcement
of
low-level
offenses
and
have
not
seen
a
major
increase
in
serious
crime
as
a
result.40
Meanwhile,
other
cities
like
St.
Louis,
have
increased
fines
and
enforcement
for
low-level
offenses
that
have
amounted
to
nothing
more
than
an
increase
of
the
so-called
poverty
tax.41
In
2013,
Philadelphia
issued
14,662
citations
for
simple
offenses
like
loitering
and
for
the
sale
of
loose
cigarettes.42
Jim
believes
that
Philadelphia
has
a
responsibility
to
its
citizens
and
taxpayers
to
efficiently
and
effectively
use
its
limited
police
resources.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
work
with
his
Police
Commissioner
to
redirect
resources
to
serious
offenses
and
limit
the
negative
effects
of
over-policing
impoverished
communities.
Dan
Geringer.
Philly's
most
crime-ridden
district
gets
30
new
cops.
Philadelphia
Daily
News.
September
16,
2014.
Based
on
two
hours
per
arrest
as
found
by
the
Drug
Policy
Alliance
and
Marijuana
Arrest
Research
Project.
40
Rocco
Parascandola.
EXCLUSIVE:
NYPD
Commissioner
Bratton
predicts
cops
will
have
1
million
fewer
law
enforcement
contacts
with
public
in
2015.
New
York
Daily
News.
March
26,
2015.
41
Radley
Balko.
How
municipalities
in
St.
Louis
County,
Mo.,
profit
from
poverty.
The
Washington
Post.
September
3,
2014.
42
Daniel
Denvir
and
Ryan
Briggs.
Is
broken
windows
Philly's
new
stop-and-frisk?
City
Paper.
August
1,
2014.
11
39
Reduce
Youth
Violence
and
Create
Opportunity.
From
2007-2013,
5,051
young
Philadelphians
aged
14-24
were
shot
or
killed.43
This
high
level
of
violence
concentrated
in
one
age
group
of
people
is
staggering,
and
speaks
to
the
larger
societal
issues
plaguing
many
Philadelphia
neighborhoods.
Poor
schools,
lack
of
social
services
and
a
social
network
and
few
economic
opportunities
have
dragged
neighborhoods
down
for
decades,
and
this
in
turn
has
created
generation
after
generation
of
young
people
who
resort
to
crime,
drugs
and
violence
in
order
to
support
themselves
and
survive.
Specifically,
crime
spikes
for
juveniles
from
3pm-6pm,
immediately
after
school
when
these
young
people
have
little
to
occupy
their
time.
Jim
Kenney
believes
that
the
Nutter
administration
has
put
the
city
on
a
good
track
with
the
development
of
the
Strategic
Plan
to
Reduce
Youth
Violence,
and
as
mayor,
Jim
will
look
to
provide
additional
financial
and
structural
support
to
this
important
program
moving
forward.
In
addition,
Jim
believes
that
a
larger
focus
on
improving
education,
and
specifically
through
the
development
of
Community
Schools
that
provide
extra
social
services
and
opportunities
for
young
people
after
normal
schools
hours,
can
significantly
help
in
this
area.
Reducing
violence
across
the
board
will
be
a
priority
for
the
Kenney
administration,
with
a
special
focus
on
improving
the
lives
of
these
young
people.
End
Fire
Department
Mass
Transfers
and
Brownouts.
In
2012,
the
Philadelphia
Fire
Department
adopted
a
policy
allowing
for
the
involuntary
transfer
of
a
large
number
of
firefighters
to
different
firehouses.
The
administration
at
that
time
mentioned
a
need
to
diversify
skills
and
give
firefighters
the
ability
to
learn
about
different
areas
of
Philadelphia.
As
Jim
Kenney
noted
at
the
time,
this
new
policy
was
not
supported
by
national
best
practices,
and
wasnt
necessary
to
diversify
skills
and
knowledge
of
senior
members.44
In
fact,
this
transfer
would
eliminate
much
of
the
institutional
knowledge
built
up
by
firefighters
who
have
spent
15-25
years
in
a
single
unit,
getting
to
know
their
neighbors,
and
every
back-alley
and
dead
end
street
in
their
service
area.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
end
this
policy
of
yearly
transfers,
and
seek
to
diversify
firefighting
skills
through
enhanced
regular
training
utilizing
local
and
national
best
practices.
Beginning
in
2010,
the
Nutter
administration
began
the
process
known
as
brownouts
or
temporary
station
closures
to
redirect
resources
and
save
money
in
overtime.
The
administration
claims
to
save
$3
million
year
through
this
process.
The
savings
never
happened
however,
as
even
with
the
brownouts
the
Fire
Department
exceeded
its
overtime
budget
by
$3.9
million
in
the
first
year
of
the
policy.45
In
2014,
the
administration
said
they
would
begin
to
phase-out
the
use
of
brownouts,
but
they
still
continue
today.
Additionally,
emergency
response
times
have
still
lagged
behind,
and
while
brownouts
may
not
have
proven
a
great
danger,
they
have
certainly
not
helped
improve
public
safety
in
Philadelphia.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
completely
end
this
policy
that
has
hampered
response
times
and
hasnt
saved
the
city
money.
43
City
of
Philadelphia.
Philadelphias
Strategic
Plan
to
Reduce
Youth
Violence.
September
2013.
City
Council
Committee
on
Labor
and
Civil
Service.
Committee
Hearing
Transcript.
November
27,
2014.
45
Jan
Ransom.
Fire-response
times
are
up,
but
city
says
brownouts
aren't
to
blame.
Philadelphia
Daily
News.
August
2,
2011.
12
44
46
Protect
Documented
and
Undocumented
Immigrants.
Jim
Kenney
has
been
at
the
forefront
of
supporting
Philadelphias
immigrant
community,
both
documented
and
undocumented,
for
his
entire
professional
career.
Jim
will
continue
to
stand
up
and
support
individuals
who
come
to
Philadelphia
in
search
of
a
better
life.
As
mayor,
Jim
will:
Continue
to
Deny
ICE
Detainer
Requests.
Jim
has
consistently
spoken
out
against
city
government
cooperation
with
Immigration
and
Customs
Enforcement
(ICE),
the
federal
department
tasked
with
finding
and
deporting
undocumented
immigrants.
Working
with
Councilwoman
Maria
Quiones-Sanchez
in
2011,
Kenney
worked
to
stop
the
citys
sharing
of
arrest
data
with
ICE,
specifically
if
someone
has
not
been
convicted
of
a
crime.46
Additionally,
in
2014,
Kenney
again
advocated
for
this
vulnerable
group
by
urging
Mayor
Nutter
to
end
cooperation
with
ICE
detainer
requests.
In
these
situations,
the
city
would
hold
someone,
without
a
warrant,
at
the
request
of
ICE
and
without
any
reimbursement
from
the
federal
government.
Kenney
was
successful,
and
Mayor
Nutter
signed
the
Executive
Order
on
April
16,
2014.47
As
mayor,
Jim
will
continue
this
Order,
and
explore
legislative
changes
that
make
the
situations
for
immigrants
better
in
Philadelphia.
Elizabeth
Fiedler.
Philadelphia
City
Council
members
urge
Mayor
and
DA
to
ice
immigration
deal.
Newsworks.
August
11,
2011.
47
Executive
Order
1-14
48
Women
Against
Abuse,
2014
Annual
Report.
49
Administrative
Office
of
Pennsylvania
Courts,
Research
and
Statistics.
13
homelessness,
domestic
violence
cuts
across
all
socioeconomic
levels.
Many
victims
suffer
in
silence
because
they
are
embarrassed
or
fear
even
greater
mistreatment.
Whole
families,
including
children
who
witness
abuse,
suffer.
As
a
Councilman,
Jim
supported
protections
for
domestic
abuse
victims
to
prevent
employers
and
landlords
from
discriminating
against
them.50
As
mayor,
he
will:
50
Provide
Public
Awareness
Training
to
City
Employees.
Many
city
employees
work
on
a
daily
basis
in
neighborhoods
throughout
the
city,
serving
as
the
eyes
and
ears
of
dangerous
conduct
that
is
not
always
clearly
visible.
Jim
will
ensure
that
all
these
employees
are
also
well
trained
in
connecting
domestic
violence
victims
and
their
families
with
the
appropriate
resources
both
inside
and
outside
government.
The
development
of
Community
Schools,
which
Jim
championed
in
his
Education
Plan
as
an
optimal
way
to
reach
neighborhood
populations
in
need
during
the
day
and
also
evening
hours,
will
ensure
greater
access
to
and
use
of
these
resources.
Help
School
Age
Children
Develop
More
Healthy
Relationships.
As
Jim
said
in
his
Education
Plan,
Philadelphia
must
do
more
to
provide
the
right
social
services
and
support
for
children.
A
report
referenced
in
a
recent
Philadelphia
Inquirer
found
that
20%
of
teens
of
both
sexes
reported
being
the
victim
of
physical
and
sexual
dating
Bill
No.
110050,
Fair
Practices
Ordinance:
Protections
Against
Unlawful
Discrimination,
Passed
3.10.11;
Bill
No.
090660-A,
Entitlement
to
Leave
Due
to
Domestic
or
Sexual
Violence,
Passed
11.19.09.
14
abuse.51
The
Domestic
Violence
Coordinator
will
also
work
closely
with
the
School
District
of
Philadelphia
to
promote
the
teaching
of
skills
to
develop
healthy
relationships
and
resolve
conflicts
without
resorting
to
violence.
Fully
Enforce
and
Strengthen
Ban-the-Box.
With
the
passing
of
this
legislation
in
2011,
Philadelphia
joined
a
host
of
other
progressive
cities
in
limiting
this
type
of
workplace
discrimination.
Applying
to
companies
employing
ten
or
more
people,
the
ordinance
prohibits
employers
from
asking
about
a
criminal
arrest
or
conviction
on
an
initial
job
application
or
interview.
Allegations
of
a
violation
of
the
ordinance
are
reviewed
by
the
Philadelphia
Commission
on
Human
Relations,
who
then
can
assign
a
penalty
of
up
to
$2000
for
the
offense.
One
major
issue
with
implementation
has
been
a
lack
of
available
resources
to
the
Commission
to
enforce
this
and
its
other
city
responsibilities,
such
as
the
Fair
Practices
Ordinance.
In
2013,
Newsworks
found
that
several
large
employers
were
still
requiring
applicants
to
answer
a
criminal
record
question
on
their
job
application.54
As
mayor,
Jim
will
work
to
increase
the
budget
for
the
Commission
so
they
can
hire
more
investigators
to
look
into
violation
allegations,
and
also
do
more
proactive
outreach
to
businesses
and
review
their
job
applications
and
hiring
practices
before
any
people
are
negatively
affected.
It
is
widely
acknowledged
that
San
Francisco
has
the
strongest
Ban-the-Box
ordinance.
This
law
requires
employees
take
into
account
the
time
elapsed
between
the
offense
and
application,
whether
the
conduct
could
recur
in
the
position
and
the
employers
must
conduct
an
individualized
assessment
taking
factors
that
might
evidence
rehabilitation
or
mitigating
51
Kelly
Davis.
Help
teens
navigate
dangers
of
domestic
violence.
Philadelphia
Inquirer.
March
23,
2015.
City
Council
Bill
110111A
53
Economy
League
of
Greater
Philadelphia.
Economic
Benefits
of
Employing
Formerly
Incarcerated
Individuals
in
Philadelphia.
September
2011.
54
Holly
Otterbein.
Banning
the
box:
Who's
the
offender
now?
Newsworks.
December
31,
2013.
15
52
circumstances.55
Jim
believes
that
the
City
government
has
a
responsibility
to
lead
on
this
issue.
As
mayor,
he
will
instruct
his
Director
of
Human
Resources
to
bring
the
city
into
full
compliance
with
the
guidelines
set
by
the
Equal
Employment
Opportunity
Commission
in
its
2012
Enforcement
Guidance.
These
guidelines
give
employers
instruction
on
how
to
ensure
formerly
incarcerated
persons
are
not
discriminated
against
in
employment.
Additionally,
Jim
will
work
with
City
Council
to
amend
Philadelphias
law
to
bring
it
in
line
with
cities
like
San
Francisco
that
have
the
strongest
protections
in
the
nation.
Expand
Expungement
Services.
With
over
300,000
Philadelphians
living
with
a
criminal
record,
it
will
be
incumbent
upon
the
next
mayor
to
develop
and
implement
a
robust
plan
to
expunge
and
redact
criminal
records
for
low-level
and
nonviolent
criminal
offenses.
These
records
are
tremendous
inhibitors
for
people
to
be
able
to
obtain
and
keep
a
job.
White
men
with
criminal
records
are
50%
less
likely
than
non-offenders
to
receive
a
call
back,
while
black
men
with
criminal
records
are
64%
less
likely
to
receive
a
call
back.56
Jim
Kenney
realizes
that
the
only
way
to
level
the
field
in
this
regard
is
though
a
large-scale
effort
to
expunge
and
redact
old
criminal
records
that
are
holding
back
thousands
of
people
across
Philadelphia.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
work
with
the
District
Attorney
and
First
Judicial
District
to
try
and
simplify
the
process
for
expungement
through
dedicated
judges
to
hear
petitions.
Jim
will
also
work
with
the
citys
law
schools
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania,
Temple
University
and
Drexel
University,
and
nonprofit
partners
like
Community
Legal
Services,
Philadelphia
Lawyers
for
Social
Equity
and
others
to
make
access
to
expungement
services
easier.
Utilizing
the
Mayors
Office
of
Reintegration
Services
(RISE),
people
will
be
matched
with
an
organization
to
assist
in
the
expungement
of
their
record.
Improve
Training
and
Education
at
Philadelphia
Prison
Facilities.
People
held
at
Department
of
Prisons
facility
in
Philadelphia
are
in
most
cases
there
for
short
durations
of
time
either
before
or
after
State
incarceration,
awaiting
trial
or
are
given
a
short
sentence.
It
is
also
very
expensive
to
house
someone
for
this
period,
in
upwards
of
40,000
a
year.
Instead
of
just
housing
and
feeding
individuals,
Philadelphia
should
take
the
time
to
provide
real
education
and
job
training
for
those
being
held.
As
mayor,
Jim
will
make
education
a
priority
by
working
to
provide
GED
assistance
to
anyone
incarcerated
in
a
Philadelphia
facility.
Currently,
any
training
received
through
the
prisons
is
nearly
impossibly
to
advertise
for
formerly
incarcerated
persons.
The
Kenney
administration
will
have
a
an
office
under
the
Managing
Director
dedicated
to
providing
assistance
to
employers
seeking
references
for
training
received
in
Philadelphia
Prisons.
This
office
will
confirm
the
training
without
saying
that
it
was
received
as
part
of
an
incarceration.
Additionally,
Philadelphia
government
should
lead
in
this
respect.
Through
a
day-release
or
supervised
release
program,
Philadelphias
incarcerated
persons
will
partner
with
City
55
Philip
L.
Gordon,
Zoe
M.
Argento.
San
Francisco's
Board
of
Supervisors
"Bans
The
Box"
and
Further
Complicates
Criminal
History
Checks
by
the
City's
Employers.
February
10,
2014.
56
Holly
Otterbein.
Banning
the
box:
Who's
the
offender
now?
Newsworks.
December
31,
2013.
16
departments
to
work
alongside
city
workers.
Unlike
the
prison
farms
of
the
19th
and
20th
centuries,
these
programs
will
provide
soon-to-be
returning
citizens
with
socialization
in
a
professional
setting
and
lay
out
a
pathway
to
employment.
Proper
vetting
will
ensure
that
safety
risks
are
not
created
through
this
program,
but
those
with
non-violent
offenses
should
be
given
an
opportunity
to
be
engaged
in
their
government
services.
Create
a
Robust
Re-Entry
Employment
Program.
The
above
proposals
will
improve
conditions
for
formerly
incarcerated
persons,
but
training
and
education
will
only
go
so
far.
Philadelphia
must
become
a
leader
in
employing
and
assisting
returning
citizens.
Over
85,000
formerly
incarcerated
persons
returned
to
Philadelphia
from
2008-2012,
over
15,000
a
year.57
Philadelphia
must
better
serve
these
individuals,
and
try
and
avoid
extra
costs
in
social
services
and
possible
additional
incarceration
that
will
come
from
high
recidivism.
The
Kenney
administration
will
work
with
the
Pennsylvania
Department
of
Corrections
and
the
Federal
Bureau
of
Prisons
to
get
a
listing
of
those
individuals
returning
to
Philadelphia,
and
specifically
what
skills
and
interests
they
have.
While
Philadelphia
cannot
specifically
dictate
what
skills
or
education
are
given
to
individual
in
state
or
federal
facilities,
the
city
should
be
prepared
for
their
return
to
offer
guidance,
employment
opportunities
and
support.
Through
this
effort,
Jim
will
work
with
employers
to
improve
the
Philadelphia
Reentry
Employment
Program
(PREP),
which
provides
a
tax
credit
for
employers
who
hire
formerly
incarcerated
persons.
Much
of
the
current
reentry
work
is
minimum
to
low
wage,
and
a
living
wage
with
benefits
should
be
mandatory.
Under
Kenney,
the
Mayors
Office
of
Reintegration
Services
will
partner
with
businesses
that
pay
workers
a
living-wage
to
ensure
that
people
do
not
fall
into
poverty
and
recidivism.
While
the
city
may
not
be
able
to
place
returning
citizen
in
these
jobs,
Jim
is
committed
to
a
robust
plan
that
employs
significantly
more
people
in
living
wage
jobs
than
the
status
quo.
The
businesses
that
participate
in
this
program
will
be
given
additional
incentives
to
employ
more
people
in
higher
wage
positions.
Matching
employers
in
this
way,
similar
to
Jims
plan
to
match
employers
with
Community
College
and
High
School
curriculums,
will
help
employ
thousands
of
more
individuals
and
keep
them
out
of
the
poverty-
prison
cycle
that
degrades
communities.
In
a
21st
century
urban
environment,
increasing
public
safety
means
different
things
in
all
corners
of
the
city.
The
only
right
strategy
is
to
make
our
police
officers
part
of
the
community
and
give
all
Philadelphians
overwhelming
opportunities
to
do
good,
even
after
they
falter.
-
Jim
Kenney
57
Emily
Babay.
The
struggle
with
life
in
Philly,
after
serving
time
in
prison.
Philly.com.
April
27,
2014.
17