Posted on 10/16/2025 5:23:26 PM PDT by fruser1
The Philadelphia Police Department is solving so many homicides and arresting suspects at nearly the same rate as the force was about four decades ago, according to a new report from The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Homicide clearance rates have hovered between 86 and 91 percent this year, which is the highest it has since the department reached 95 percent in 1984.
Technological advancements, including license plate readers and high-definition surveillance cameras have assisted the department greatly.
The tools, along with social media and cell phone location analysis, not only provide more evidence for cases, but also make the crimes get solved faster than ever before.
In just one year, the police department has more than doubled the number of its 'real-time crime' cameras, which capture 360-degree views of its surroundings.
In 2024 the city reported 3,625 cameras, but as of this year there are 7,309. That number does not include the thousands of recording devices that are located on SEPTA buses, businesses and private properties.
'The video, it’s unbelievable. We have the officers wearing cameras. We’ve got cameras in the cars. We have thousands of cameras on the streets that we put up … that really catch everything,'
Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore (pictured) credited the solved cases to the technological advancements his department now uses on a regular basis
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Not going to do much good if the DA doesn’t prosecute
I wonder if they ever found out who killed the girl down the street from me. She was a model. Cop car used to park on the sidewalk where she lived.
Everything anybody says or does the city is recorded.
Crime is gone because privacy has been eliminated.
Here’s the enema you were needing Mr Johnson.
Wow, I was just saying to my wife...
More likely they only classify deaths as murder if they think they can solve it quickly.
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“… arresting suspects at nearly the same rate as the force was about four decades ago.”
Before there were cameras everywhere.
Yeah and two decades ago they told me once they make Philadelphia a sanctuary city, the illegals will no longer fear the police and crimes will be solved quicker and peace will reign throughout.
I never saw or heard any account of that happening anywhere but I'm certain there is more than one Kensington Ave in our Country.
On another level, I've been UNable to access Social Security in order to upgrade the verification process they require because the email address I provided to SS long ago no longer exists and getting a new one requires submitting a picture of myself from my smart phone along with an accepted proof of ID.
But I don't have a smart phone, sez I. Hmmmm sez the answer guy, I'll have to check; hold on.
In that case, he sez when he returned, you have to go to the post office and have them take the necessary pictures.
So, after a suitable cooling off period, I go down to the PO like I'm told, and they were very friendly and concerned folks. We aren't participants in that process they told me (even though they provide passport pictures) in fact, they never knew they could do that.
All this wonderful security, as you subtly infer, is to convince US it's for our own protection from the flourishing criminal enterprises even though it was the politicians running the government who have been letting the illegals in by the tens of thousands every year, most likely since before 911.
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