Council members this week considered several other measures, including one that calls on the city to provide new supports for people released from prison after being exonerated.
Philadelphia City Council will investigate 911 dispatch times in the city after authoritiesthat preceded a July mass shooting in Kingsessing that left four people dead.
Council held hearings in March 2020 about problems recruiting and retaining 911 dispatchers. But Gauthier said more than three years later, dispatchers report that they feel “overworked, exhausted, and underappreciated.”The new review of the call center was prompted by the mass shooting in Gauthier’s district in July. A womanat a house in the neighborhood but officers were dispatched to the wrong address. Joseph Wamah Jr.
David Krain, a politically active leader with AFSCME District Council 47, which represents municipal workers. Councilmember Jim Harrity said Krain, age 43, died recently. “I’m just in shock,” he said.Advocates for women’s rights testified before Council Thursday in favor of Brooks’ legislation to create a reproductive rights task force.
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