Philly police officials said they plan to focus on drugs and violence in the 'enforcement phase' of a plan to clean up Philly's Kensington neighborhood.
Philadelphia officials are set to begin a second phase of a plan to crack down on crime and help those struggling with addiction throughout the city's Kensington neighborhoodUnder what officials are calling"the enforcement phase" of the plan, Philadelphia police will target drug dealers, conduct warrant sweeps and crack down on prostitution as well as other quality of life crimes.
And, with this new phase, not only are city officials going to address these issues, Bethel said, they intend to give"hope back to a community that has kind of lost hope.""We are going down there and start to address what has been manifested from the issues down there the level of open air drugs, the violence that occurs there and, all the things that have kept that community, pretty much imprisoned for a long time," he said.
To do this, he said, police plan to provide more foot beats in the community -- which, he called an"effective strategy" to deal with issues in that area -- and would focus on addressing open-air drug sales as well as violence. "The next phase of our work is really getting there to address the drug activity that is occurring there and the violence that is occurring in that community," Ramsey said.of about 75 people living in tents along the sidewalk of Kensington Avenue as part of the improvement plan. Since then, he said, the city's police force have worked regularly to get people struggling with addiction to services they need.
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