Police officials made it clear that despite the chaos that unfolded in late September, they are pouring significant resources into this issue.
Residents like Sarah Napoli of Center City said the noise from those late-night meet-ups leaves her rattled. She also said they happen multiple times a week."You can't sleep. If we're talking about being a taxpayer and you're paying into the city, you're getting what? Your life is not what it should be in a humane way," Napoli explained during the meeting.
Other people from across the city who testified added that it's not just cars. There are similar issues with groups of people on motorcycles and ATVs as well.'We're coming for you': Philadelphia police promise to crackdown on illegal car meetups "We have aggressively taken nuisance cars, the drifting, into play. Maybe we haven't advertised it as much as we should have but the statistics that the officers are putting up, it's incredible," said Philadelphia Police Deputy Commissioner Francis Healy.That has resulted in 1,400 car stops, 22 vehicle confiscations, 500 citations issued, and 80 arrests.
"It was good to hear that spike strips will now be used at some of these meet-ups in order to prevent this activity from occurring. Use of drone technology is also something that can help," said Young."We are kind of having a safe streets movement with all of the pedestrians getting hit, and the bikers getting hit and killed, that I think people are kind of fed up with it," he says.
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