On top of Philly news Averting another Walter Wallace Jr. tragedy: $13 million boost for mental health crisis response
Mayor Kenney’s proposed city budget would up the number of units available and help integrate with police dispatch.
Protesters marched in West Philadelphia after police killed Walter Wallace Jr. while responding to a 911 call Emma Lee / WHYY Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
Six months after police killed Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia during a mental health breakdown, Mayor Jim Kenney is proposing a $13 million boost for the city’s mobile crisis response centers.
On top of Philly news Despite national outcry, Philly police slow to implement mental health crisis reforms
It’s been six months since officers fatally shot Walter Wallace Jr. while responding to a 911 call.
Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw at a November 2020 press conference announcing the names of the officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr. Kimberly Paynter / WHYY Love Philly? Sign up for the free Billy Penn email newsletter to get everything you need to know about Philadelphia, every day.
It was just after 6 p.m. on a Sunday last April when a mother in West Philadelphia heard an alarming knock at her door. She sent her 9-year-old daughter upstairs before opening to find police officers on her porch, service weapons drawn.