Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel is announcing changes coming to Philadelphia’s 911 Center. The changes are in response to a deadly shooting in July of 2023 when a police officer was sent to the wrong address.
A leading member of Philadelphia City Council and city police say they’ve teamed up to reform the police department’s radio room after a mistake by a dispatcher during a mass shooting last summer.The mass killing in Kingsessing in early July of last year stunned the city with the loss of five lives, including a 15-year-old. But, it was a flawed police dispatch of officers to North 56th Street, instead of the South 56th Street murder scene, which drew anger.
Senior dispatcher Tomasz Rog said, "It was just unfortunate mistakes were made and maybe that could have stopped the shooting from happening. Now, this room has changed a lot in the last couple of years."City and police leadership say changes have come in the radio room since the slaughter. They say callers are immediately asked for "locations" and "directional indicators" and supervisors are quickly given that vital information.
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