{"id":1470855,"date":"2024-06-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1470855"},"modified":"2024-06-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T04:00:00","slug":"philly-mayor-increases-police-in-kensington-as-phase-2-of-clearing-out-open-air-drug-markets-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/philly-mayor-increases-police-in-kensington-as-phase-2-of-clearing-out-open-air-drug-markets-begins\/1470855\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly Mayor Increases Police In Kensington As “Phase 2” Of Clearing Out Open Air Drug Markets Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philly Mayor Increases Police In Kensington As “Phase 2” Of Clearing Out Open Air Drug Markets Begins<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

The more things change in the Kensington area of Philadelphia, the more they appear to stay the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Police in the drug-riddled Northeast are of the city are now moving to “Phase 2” of their improvement plan for the area, but video showed on social media over the weekend appears to make it clear that there’s still a lot of work to be done.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Next week, Philadelphia police will intensify patrols in Kensington as part the initiative, NBC reported this weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This enforcement phase will focus on apprehending drug dealers, executing warrant sweeps, and addressing prostitution along with other crimes impacting the community’s quality of life. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel expressed concerns to NBC10 about a lethal new Fentanyl variant causing fatalities in the area.<\/p>\n

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said:\u00a0\u201cWe will move into a space where we\u2019ll be adding a substantial number of officers down into Kensington to address the drug sales and the drug activity and the poison sold on the street everyday.\u201d<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 PHILADELPHIA LOOKS LIKE A ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE<\/p>\n

Despite breaking up an encampment of dozens of homeless people in the Kensington area, residents are critical of the measures because it does nothing to solve the underlying drug problem.<\/p>\n

One said, \u201cThey have to get rid of the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DPRw8lbdnw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) June 10, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Some are still skeptical.\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t really police your way out of this. You have to make sure that people go into treatment and the resources are available,”\u00a0said\u00a0Rosalind Pichardo, the project manager for the Sunshine House, a hub for overdose and gun violence prevention services.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, we responded to four overdoses,\u201d she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Recall we wrote last month<\/a> that as part of new mayor Cherelle Parker’s plan, during “Phase I”, the city was\u00a0clearing out homeless encampments along the 3000 and 3100 blocks of Kensington Avenue.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Tribune\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that the city would displace hundreds of unhoused individuals to clear encampments in Kensington. At-Large Councilmember Kendra Brooks asked if there are enough beds for all those displaced and managing Director Adam Thiel assured that there are sufficient beds citywide.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are building this ecosystem of facilities so we can get folks to the right place for the right care, for the right time, until they get back on their feet and can have access to economic opportunity,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have to get rid of the drug dealers. Because if you don\u2019t get rid of the drug dealers, [people] are going to keep coming back,” one resident said simply this past weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nTue, 06\/11\/2024 – 20:00<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/philly-mayor-increases-police-kensington-phase-2-clearing-out-open-air-drug-markets-begins<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philly Mayor Increases Police In Kensington As “Phase 2” Of Clearing Out Open Air Drug Markets Begins The more things change in the Kensington area…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1470855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1470855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1470855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1470855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1470855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1470855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}