Posts tagged with Public Safety
Street harassment in Philly: Unsafe, uncomfortable and untracked
There’s no way to quantify what may not even be illegal: “Sometimes it’s just annoying, and sometimes it’s terrifying.”
Why Philly police are skeptical of this safety app that alerts 911
SafeTrek reports to 911 dispatchers and police precincts in the city, but local police are concerned they’ve never heard of it.
2017 Who’s Next resolutions: What young Philly leaders want for the city this year
From criminal justice reform to Vision Zero, how Philly can improve.
The design story behind the new light garden at the Spring Garden El stop
It’s public art, and it’s been in the works for years.
The Temple mob attack and the Knockout Game in Philly
Philly’s had problems with this before.
Did Pat Toomey ‘cross party lines’ to tighten gun laws for suspected terrorists?
Toomey’s record when it comes to tightening gun laws for suspected terrorists is a bit murky.
The Stanford rape victim’s letter and what city council can do about it here
And why data reported by schools only shows a small fraction of the problem.
Philly cops and Tasers: How often are police using them?
More Philadelphia police officers are trained every year to use Tasers, but the department decreased its use of the stun guns by more than 60 percent between 2010 and 2015.
The ‘messy’ case at the center of a western PA Attorney General candidate’s ad
Stephen Zappala’s newest ad made a surprising claim — we decided to check it.