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New Philly Police Academy Graduates Won’t Be Enough to Make Up for Attrition

Philadelphia police cadets tour the streets of Kensington.
Emma Lee
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WHYY
Philadelphia police cadets tour the streets of Kensington.

The city of Philadelphia continues to have trouble fully staffing its police force. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 1/18/23)

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.