{"id":2022174,"date":"2023-09-05T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-resigns\/"},"modified":"2023-09-05T13:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T17:22:17","slug":"philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-resigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-resigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw steps down."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphiladelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-resigns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2022174&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Philadelphia Police\u200b Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw Moves to New\u2063 Role at Port Authority<\/h2>\n<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle \u200cM. Outlaw is exiting the Philadelphia Police Department\u200c and moving to a new job at the Port \u200dAuthority of New York and New Jersey,\u200b where she will serve as deputy\u2063 chief security\u2062 officer, according \u200cto a statement from the office of Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Outlaw\u2019s last day as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-calling-for-investigation-into-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Officials calling for investigation into Capitol protest\">police commissioner<\/a> will be Sept.\u2064 22, and \u2063the mayor has appointed First Deputy John M. Stanford Jr. to act as interim police commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Outlaw has been commissioner for three and a half years. She \u200bstarted \u200bin the position Feb. 10, 2020, overseeing the department during\u200d the June 2020 Philadelphia riots that flared\u2062 up in response \u200cto the death of George Floyd while in custody of police in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/philadelphia-shootings-may-have-begun-nearly-2-days-earlier-than-police-thought-5384669\">Philadelphia Shootings May Have \u200bBegun Nearly 2 Days Earlier Than Police\u200b Thought<\/a> (7\/10\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/police-search-for-gunmen-who-shot-6-children-1-woman-at-philadelphia-schoolyard-5080222\">Police \u2064Search \u2063for Gunmen Who Shot 6 Children, 1 Woman at Philadelphia Schoolyard<\/a> (2\/24\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She has also served alongside \u200ccontroversial District Attorney \u2064Larry Krasner, who loosened prosecutions of drug, gun, and prostitution crimes, and there has \u2064been a movement to impeach \u2063him.<\/p>\n<p>An\u200d October 2022 report from the Pennsylvania \u200dLegislature (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pahousegopnews.com\/AttachedFiles\/Select%20Committee%20on%20Restoring%20Law%20and%20Order%20Second%20Interim%20Report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>), written as part of the effort to impeach \u200bMr. Krasner,\u2064 details an explosion of Philadelphia crime \u2063and\u200b includes this sobering statistic: between Jan.\u200b 1, 2021, and Oct. 16, 2022,\u200d some 992 people died from homicide in Philadelphia. This\u2062 is\u200d an increase compared to the 557 deaths \u2062resulting from homicides in 2015 and 2016 combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rate of non-fatal shootings\u200c has skyrocketed as well,\u201d the report said, noting numerous children under\u2064 age 6 with gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Outlaw was \u200dthe first black woman to lead the Philadelphia Police Department. When appointed, she was also\u2064 one of few black female leaders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-approves-police-pay-raises-amid-officer-shortages\/\" title=\"LA approves police pay raises amidst officer shortages.\">major city police departments<\/a> in the country, the\u200d mayor\u2019s statement said.<\/p>\n<h2>Shootings<\/h2>\n<p>Before her time \u2062in Philadelphia, Ms. Outlaw was the first black woman to lead the Portland Police Bureau in\u2062 Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommissioner Outlaw has worked relentlessly for three and a half years during an unprecedented era in our city\u2064 and a number of crisis situations, and she \u2063deserves praise for her commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philadelphia-police-commissioner-danielle-outlaw-resigns\/\" title=\"Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw steps down.\">bring long-overdue reform<\/a> \u2064to the department after years of racism and gender discrimination prior to \u200dher appointment,\u201d Mr. Kenney \u2062said in \u2063the statement. \u201cWe wish her success in her new position and thank \u2064Commissioner Outlaw for her dedication to serve the\u200d residents of \u2062Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly\u200d after Ms. Outlaw became commissioner, Police Cpl. James O\u2019Connor IV,\u2063 a 23-year \u2063veteran and SWAT officer, was \u2064shot and killed\u200b on March\u200b 13, 2020, while \u2063serving \u2062an arrest warrant\u2063 in\u2062 Frankford. He was the first Philadelphia police officer to be killed \u200din the line of duty in five\u200d years.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kenney recounted some of the tasks Ms. Outlaw led during her \u200dtime as commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>She implemented an emergency plan in response to \u200cthe COVID-19 pandemic status.\u2064 The police\u200c force maintained schedules \u200bas essential workers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-had-a-brief-history-of-violent-convictions-but-premiered-from-prison-he-instantly-killed-3-people\/\" title=\"He Had A BRIEF HISTORY Of Violent Convictions But PREMIERED From Prison. He Instantly Killed 3 People.\">police continued<\/a> to work throughout the pandemic even \u2062though they lost a\u2063 number \u2062of officers in the line of duty because\u200c they contracted COVID\u200d and died.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kenny \u2062used the announcement to advocate for \u200dgun control \u200claws.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs weak gun\u2062 laws in Pennsylvania continue to allow illegal \u2063and legal guns \u2064to\u200b infiltrate our city, the commissioner and her team have stayed\u200c focused on new approaches to manage the \u2062gun\u2062 violence crisis,\u201d Mr. Kenny said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the commissioner\u2019s\u200b time as leader, a record-number of guns have been recovered \u200cand \u2063taken off\u200b the \u200dstreets, and \u2064the \u200bdepartment has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-opens-fentanyl-lab-on-the-border-and-warns-of-mexican-drug-cartels-global-reach\/\" title=\"DEA unveils fentanyl lab at border, cautions on Mexican cartels' global reach.\">made\u2062 significant strides<\/a> in \u200bcommunity \u200cpolicing and building\u2063 trust with the residents of\u200b Philadelphia.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle M. Outlaw is leaving her position to become the deputy chief security officer at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. 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