The graduation comes one month after Temple University Police Sgt. Chris Fitzgerlad was killed in the line of duty and as Philadelphia police say there is a 'dire' need for more officers.
Sgt. Chris Fitzgerald, who tragically became the first Temple University police officer killed in the line of duty, is being laid to rest nearly one week after he was fatally shot while trying to apprehend a suspect.The need for more police officers comes months after the department restructured, dispersing more than 100 officers in four districts to cover the most violent parts of the city.
"We're in a time we've never seen before, having the amount of homicides we've had in the city and the amount of shooting victims," First Deputy Commissioner John StanfordCaptain John Walker, the commanding officer of the Recruitment and Background Investigation Unit, said there is an extreme need for new officers.We want to hire over 1,000 people over the next few years, and we want to hire diverse groups of people from all over," Walker told FOX 29.
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