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The Philadelphia Police Department has no recruits in training now, and hasn’t had any since last December, creating a possible police shortage down the road. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, “there have been significant delays with our recruitment and testing efforts,” I am told by department spokeswoman Tanya Little. The
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A tipster tells me when the city begins negotiations with the police department, one wish list item is removing commanders from the FOP bargaining unit. By “commanders,” they mean ranks starting with captain, FOP President John McNesby tells me. About 120 people are in that group. That’s a “divide
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“There is no such thing as racism.” A ludicrous statement. Here’s another: “Everything is racist.” No one says those words, but it is evident in the way some people reach for the R-word with no actual evidence. I’ll give you a recent example, one that comes from — brace