A new audit from the Citizens Police Oversight Commission finds Philadelphia police officers aren’t always keeping their body worn cameras on during vehicle stops. The commission calls the finding a “major concern”.
Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker’s administration plans to allocate more to Riverview than to all other opioid settlement money initiatives combined.
Emily Rizzo is the Accountability Reporter for Kensington Voice. She mostly covers the city’s response to the opioid and housing crises in Kensington, with a focus on how new policies and initiatives affect the community.
While Philly's police commissioner said the first phase will begin after an encampment sweep scheduled for May 8, the city’s managing director said “we don’t have enough beds” to offer those who need addiction treatment and related services.
The city’s plan entails bussing unhoused residents to the surrounding counties and possible family reunification, plus increased police engagement, according to city officials.
Over the past year, in collaboration with Mural Arts, Lugo collected input from community members to get a sense of the neighborhood’s patterns — patterns that reflect their background, culture, and everyday life.
Effective immediately, businesses without liquor licenses located between Kensington and Frankford avenues and Lehigh Avenue and Tioga Street must close from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Effective immediately, businesses without liquor licenses located between Kensington and Frankford avenues and Lehigh Avenue and Tioga Street must close from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
A group of Kensington CAPA students took portraits of five Philadelphia women ages 59 to 86 and directed and produced a documentary film about their lives.
Durante un curso de producción de medios digitales, los estudiantes asumieron diversos roles: algunos fotógrafos, cineastas, ingenieros de audio, iluminadores, editores, entrevistadores y diseñadores de escenografía, y algunos desempeñaron múltiples roles.
