{"id":606674,"date":"2021-07-30T10:35:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=606674"},"modified":"2021-07-30T10:35:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:35:47","slug":"philly-police-now-required-to-first-politely-ask-criminals-to-please-stop-doing-certain-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/philly-police-now-required-to-first-politely-ask-criminals-to-please-stop-doing-certain-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Philly Police Now Required To First Politely Ask Criminals To Please Stop Doing Certain Crimes"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fphilly-police-now-required-to-first-politely-ask-criminals-to-please-stop-doing-certain-crimes%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=606674&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/shutterstock_644206117-scaled-e1627654092971.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Philadelphia police are now required to politely ask criminals to stop engaging in certain crimes, such as defecating in the street, before officers can actually take action, according to an internal memo from the department obtained by Fox 29 reporter Steve Keeley.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe City\u2019s statistical expert has reviewed the Department\u2019s stops to identify any racial disparity,\u201d the internal memo reads. \u201cFor years, our expert could not conclusively determine that racial disparity existed in our stops.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.0056657223796\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scoop: New <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhillyPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PhillyPolice<\/a> internal memo \u201cModifying quality of life crimes enforcement. Our own expert has determined that racial disparity does exist in certain types of car &amp; pedestrian stops.\u201d List below of \u201cQuality of life offenses\u201d to get new treatment 1\/6 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOX29philly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOX29philly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8IWKqjZDsF\">pic.twitter.com\/8IWKqjZDsF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeeleyFox29\/status\/1420711711145857024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The city\u2019s expert has since deduced that \u201cracial disparity does exist in certain types of stops,\u201d according to the memo. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/22\/dealing-record-high-murder-rates-philadelphia-struggling-recruit-police-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Dealing With Record-High Murder Rates, Philadelphia Struggling To Recruit Police Officers)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe purpose of the Modified Quality of Life Enforcement Pilot Program is NOT to abandon quality of life enforcement, but rather to provide offenders an opportunity to cease and desist such activities, prior to the issuance of any citations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/26\/police-shortage-retirements-philadelphia-baltimore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Officers<\/a> must \u201cFIRST engage only in a mere encounter with the individual and request the individual stop engaging in the prohibited behavior,\u201d the memo reads. Offenders will be free to leave and will not be detained. If the individual refuses to comply with the cease and desist command, then officers can proceed normally.<\/p>\n<p>Among the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/24\/police-police-officer-sexual-assault-philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offenses<\/a> subject to the new pilot program include \u201cspitting,\u201d \u201cpublic urination or defecation,\u201d \u201cdefiant trespass[ing],\u201d and \u201cprostitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The changes are in response to a 2010 lawsuit in which eight black Philadelphia residents sued the city after officers allegedly discriminated against the individuals during stop-and-frisk encounters.<\/p>\n<p>The new three-month long pilot program was ordered by a federal judge, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/news\/philadelphia-police-stop-and-frisk-racial-bias-20210604.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philadelphia police are now required to politely ask criminals to stop engaging in certain crimes, such as defecating in the street, before officers can actually take action, according to an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}