Philadelphia's police chief and advocates of a juvenile assessment center have competing ideas about how to divert kids from the justice system. Plus, where will Biden put his presidential library?
Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin J. Bethel sits next to Philadelphia Public Safety Director Adam Geer and Managing Director Adam Thiel at a police academy graduation in June.
Start your day with the Philly news you need and the stories you want all in one easy-to-read newsletterwhere his future presidential library might be based. The months-old Juvenile Assessment Center aims to bring all kids under arrest in Philly to one centralized, trauma-informed hub of resources, where families can access help and some youth can be diverted out of the justice system into community-based programs. Advocates say it’s been working.
Reporter Samantha Melamed has the story on what Bethel plans to do once the JAC building is closed in September.Most former presidents in recent history have built a library in their name, and usually in a place that’s meaningful to them. Barack Obama’s is under construction in Chicago. George W. Bush’s is in Dallas.Somewhere in Delaware, his adopted home state and the birthplace of his political career, would certainly make sense. But his ties to Philadelphia are strong, too.
A 16-year-old boy was killed Tuesday afternoon by several assailants who fired more than 50 shots while chasing the teenof New Jersey will resign Aug. 20. His announcement that comes days after most of his Democratic colleagues called on him to step down followingLast week’s tech outage left Penn Medicine with 50,000 inoperable computers, forcing delays in care.
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