The Philadelphia Police Department is in jeopardy of losing a statewide accreditation it’s held since 2015 recognizing its performance and policies — a decision the accrediting agency is blaming onThe Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission said a new city ordinance that prohibits officers from pulling over motorists solely for violations like broken taillights may prevent the Police Department and its 6,000 officers from fulfilling a key requirement of accreditation: enforcing...
The department’s accreditation status — a professional seal of approval for upholding certain best practices and policing standards — is expected to be discussed Tuesday at a meeting of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association in the Poconos. “It is PLEAC’s position that … members of the Philadelphia Police Department are prohibited from enforcing eight sections of the PA Vehicle Code.”Despite that change, Lessard said, the Police Department “remains accredited and compliant with all applicable PA State law and Commission Standards.”
always finding ways to protect criminals and promote lawlessness. I’m done. Time to move. I can’t take getting another alert about a shooting a block from my house in the second wealthiest zip in the city. 22 years of home equity… bye
How do they know where to mail the ticket if the license plate is missing?
The Philly brain trust wouldn’t want to create inconvenience for the criminal class, right?