City of Philadelphia - File #: 120160

• File #: 120160
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 3/1/2012
• In control: Joint Committees on Public Safety and Public Property & Public Works
• Title: Authorizing Council's Committees on Public Safety and Public Property and Public Works to investigate and hold hearings on the current state of the effectiveness of facilities and equipment used by the Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department along with the design, location, funding and timetable for new facilities and equipment.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Oh, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Henon, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Johnson, Councilmember Bass, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember O'Brien, Councilmember Quiñones Sánchez, Councilmember Squilla

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
3/8/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED & REFERRED
3/8/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
3/1/2012	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title
Authorizing Council's Committees on Public Safety and Public Property and Public Works to investigate and hold hearings on the current state of the effectiveness of facilities and equipment used by the Philadelphia Police Department and Philadelphia Fire Department along with the design, location, funding and timetable for new facilities and equipment.
Body
WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Police Department employs more than 6600 sworn members and 800 civilian employees; and

WHEREAS, The Police Department has 22 Police Districts and operates 55 physical locations throughout the City; and

WHEREAS, The Philadelphia Fire Department employs more than 2,300 sworn members and civilian employees; and

WHEREAS, The Fire Department has 63 Fire Stations throughout the City with 50 containing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) units; and

WHEREAS, Many of the Police and Fire facilities are more than 50 years old and were constructed to house a lower number of sworn members and civilian employees; and

WHEREAS, Many of the Police facilities lack the infrastructure to utilize modern technology that is used in the process of effectively fighting and solving crime; and

WHEREAS, The equipment, including vehicles, computers, communication devices and other essential items may be outdated; and

WHEREAS, The functional capacity, location, design and number of Police and Fire facilities need to be investigated to properly serve the changing demographics of the City going forward; and

WHEREAS, The state of the facilities and equipment can have a negative impact on the morale and ability of Police Officers, Fire Fighters and civilian employees whose job it is to serve and protect the residents of Philadelphia; therefore,

RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That it hereby authorizes Council's Committees on Public Safety and Public Property and Public Works to investigate and hold hearings on the current state of the effectiveness of facilities and ...