The Sheriff's Office told City Council it needs another $2 million. But records show last year's money for new hires was quietly redirected to boost salaries of executive staff.
Bilal announced her reelection campaign for Sheriff at the Guardian Civic League, a police organization representing Black officers, where she is President.
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A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on August 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
More than 50 women community leaders and activists gathered in front of Philadelphia City Hall Wednesday evening, wearing red and holding roses to commemorate loved ones they’ve lost in shootings.
They were the second group this week calling on Mayor Jim Kenney to do more to address violence in the city, which is on pace to break a record number of homicides this year.