Philadelphia will deploy more police officers in certain neighborhoods beginning Monday in an effort to curb violence crime.
A Philadelphia Police Department marked vehicle with its emergency light activated. The department will disperse more officers into troubled neighborhoods to address violent crime."We're in a time we've never seen before, having the amount of homicides we've had in the city and the amount of shooting victims," First Deputy Commissioner John Stanford said told the news station.
Oronde McClain, a community member who was shot in the head when he was a child, told Fox Philadelphia he supports the additional police presence. Oronde McClain talks with Fox Philadelphia about a larger police presence in Philadelphia's most dangerous neighborhoods.
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