On Tuesday, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw announced she was resigning later this month.
announced she is resigning later this month to become a deputy security chief at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ending her more than three-year run as the city’s top cop. Her imminent departure comes just months before the end of Mayor Jim Kenney’s term and before a new mayor is elected.Danielle Outlaw has been the Philadelphia police commissioner for three and a half years, overseeing the approximately 6,000-person department.
The city’s year-to-date homicide tally is 20% lower than last year, police statistics show, although still higher than in recent years.Outlaw’s tenure was marked by challenges at times.was fatally shot Months later, amid roiling upset after the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, demonstrators marched for several days across the city in protest.
The city went on to spend nearly $10 million to settle a host of lawsuits over the department’s response to the protests.By the end of 2022, nearly 1,600 people had been killed in homicides over the previous three years, and another 5,400 people had been wounded in shootings, according to department data. The annual pace of gunfire was the highest in at least six decades.
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