Police and Communities

The residents had tolerated enough. They wanted their voices heard. On September 19 of last year, residents in Bridesburg held a community watch meeting to discuss the possibility of hiring an additional security force. Community

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMDfrBRx1A8&w=420&h=315] When the PAL Center shut down four years ago due to construction, Chantel Jones said the Fairhill neighborhood took a turn for the worse. “Everybody, since they didn’t have a place to go,

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo Syed Alam opens his Germantown store Rahman Body Oils, Beads and Variety every morning just as he has for the past

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo They come in broken and addicted. Twelve months later, they leave as happy, productive members of society.  Teen Challenge, a faith-based

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo Feltonville was never a neighborhood in Philadelphia that was well known to many people outside of those who call it home

Derrick Ford is the self-proclaimed “mayor” of North Philadelphia and he is known as “Rick” in Strawberry Mansion. Not only does he work for the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health, a funding source for substance abuse treatment, but he is also a licensed therapist and a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Police Department’s “Heads Up” program, where he speaks out on the danger and reality of drugs.

This Vimeo content is blocked because marketing cookies are disabled. Manage preferencesOpen on Vimeo In Hunting Park, a neighborhood known for drugs, police officers Matt Dydak and John Teetz claim the majority of the people

https://vimeo.com/18637551 Making quality of life for people in prison easier isn’t exactly at the top of many people’s to-do lists. In fact, it probably wouldn’t even be a consideration to many people. However, a recent