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Controller’s Review Finds Police Understaffing, Difference in Response Times for Communities of Color

A Philadelphia police cruiser is parked between Arch and Market streets in West Philadelphia on April 2, 2021.
Kimberly Paynter
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WHYY
A Philadelphia police cruiser is parked between Arch and Market streets in West Philadelphia on April 2, 2021.

A new report by Philadelphia's city controller shows some serious flaws in the police department. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports, the controller found a lack of cops in some police districts.

(Original air-date: 10/22/22)

WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.