Time to bring in plug in radiators to jack their electricity usage.

Agreed. It lost some of the charm when they turned them off. As much as I love the show and memories of it, I think it's at the point where they should transition to a projector show or some new model display. The Dickens display is also horribly outdated.

Johnny Destructo's Hero Complex in Manayunk is smaller, but it's worth checking out.

The report infers that response time would greatly be improved should there be corrections with officers who are abusing Heart and Lung protocol or other sick-out reasons (11%, compared to the next highest city of 3%) and officers performing non-policing administrative work. The report also says that there indeed needs to be an improvement in office retention and recruiting.

At the end of the day we need to recognize that police need to do policing. That means improving the systems they have access to, cracking down on sick-out fraud, improving retention, improving processes and SOPs, and ensuring/enforcing job role clarity.

PPD needs a top to bottom overhaul to address a slew of issues. I encourage you to actually read the report.

There are a lot of assumptions in your statement. Read the report and you'll see medical issues are not why cops doing menial tasks and non-policing jobs. There are also plenty of other public sector unions that administrative workers belong to.

>Because the physical person behind that job, again, gets good union pay and union labor protections.

There are plenty of non-police public sector unions that civilian administrative personnel can join. No reason for them to ne police officers in a police union. The average officer makes around $70,000 before overtime and other pay. There are plenty of people who would respectfully fill the position to earn $40k -$50k.

Why do you specifically want cops in these non-policing positions? Seems like a waste of taxpayer dollars and a concentration of bureaucratic power.

I strongly suggest everyone reads City Controller Rhynhart's audit of the Philadelphia Police Department released the other day. It really explains a lot behind the shortcomings of policing in Philadelphia. For example, the police department patrols areas like Kensington 22% less now than in 2017. Response rates are the slowest amongst major cities. Ninety percent of calls to 911 nationally are answered in 10 seconds while Philly is 68%. There are all sorts of issues like outdated systems of data tracking and departmental communication, community engagement, lack of concise roles, and so much more. For example, many cops are performing administrative duties and jobs that could be done by regular civilians. For example, uniformed officers are tasked with delivering files between precincts, a job a courier company or non-uniformed employee could do more affordably..

At the end of the day, more criminals will take larger risks when the entire enforcement apparatus takes longer to receive, respond, and engage situations.

While they aren't my favorite in the city I do think they deserve far more business and growth than they've had.

I hope Krasner sleeps as soundly at night as Akil sleeps during working hours.