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File #: 040729    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 6/21/2004 In control: Committee on Public Safety
On agenda: Final action:
Title: Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate current policies and procedures followed by the City of Philadelphia's Police Department, when purchasing and assigning police vehicles. This comes in light of the apparent negligent oversight of city resources that left twenty police vehicles sitting in a parking lot, for over six months "collecting dust instead of patrolling our neighborhoods," before being deployed.
Sponsors: Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Nutter, Council President Verna
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Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate current policies and procedures followed by the City of Philadelphia's Police Department, when purchasing and assigning police vehicles. This comes in light of the apparent negligent oversight of city resources that left twenty police vehicles sitting in a parking lot, for over six months “collecting dust instead of patrolling our neighborhoods,” before being deployed.
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WHEREAS, The city is in an economic crisis; budget cuts proposed include: cutting arts and culture programs, closing recreation centers and pools, laying off police officers, etc.; and
 
WHEREAS, The Police Department spent $600,000, purchasing twenty new fully-equipped Ford Crown Victorias, valued at $30,000 each, to be used as police vehicles; and
 
WHEREAS, The twenty police vehicles sat unused in a parking lot;
 
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA,  
Authorizing City Council's Committee on Public Safety to hold a public hearing to investigate current policies and procedures followed by the City of Philadelphia's Police Department, when purchasing and assigning police vehicles. This comes in light of the apparent negligent oversight of city resources that left twenty police vehicles sitting in a parking lot, for over six months “collecting dust instead of patrolling our neighborhoods,” before being deployed.
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