Crime in "Killadelphia"

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The current crime situation in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is mind-boggling. These days, it’s not uncommon in to have a friend that’s busy on the weekend because they have a funeral to attend. The city has an average of one homicide a day. The cities violence and homicide rate has been increasing over the past 10 years and is 17 percent higher then this time last year alone. Homicide in Philly is 3 times that of other cities in the U.S.

Sunday October 22nd, the city called for citizens to rally against the cities security downfall and
begin patrolling the streets unarmed. The only thing is, how is this going to help stop ruthless criminals who don’t even mind shooting or killing an officer or two in a Dunkin’ Donuts robbery that happened today (November 1st). It is apparent that something needs to be down to deter crime and criminals but putting more citizens in harms way to make up for the lack of police and re-enforcement progress is outrageous.

Something else needs to be done about the downfall of “Killadelphia”. Shouldn’t the government be stepping in when you have people shooting at children on their way to work for riding their bikes in the street? Police need to step up to the plate and take care of their city and it’s people when citizens pay taxes and rely on them to do their job. Not ask citizens to do it for them. They need to crack down on gun control, gangs, truancy, and behavior of its people.

The majority of the population of the city is low-income and below education standards. This is probably a major contributor to the crime epidemic, and the police are not the only to blame, but enforcement of gun control and law is their responsibility. Yes, there has been a first stage of progress with the city seeking to hire dozens of truancy officer to keep children in school and out of criminal activity, but Mayor John Street needs to address the root cause as well.

Unemployment, education, and bad economy are major contributors as well. The Mayor Street has done little to reassess his current crime plans. Police employment is low in the city and so is the push to hire more officers. This is something that should not be a problem in a country that has enough power to help in violence in other countries. It’s time the people start worrying about who is in office doing something, rather then who is in office saying they will do something. Mayor Street, city, and state officials need to do something.