Following Roxborough shooting, Philly City Council members call for a more urgent response to gun violence

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Following Roxborough shooting, Philly City Council members call for a more urgent response to gun violence
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City Council members are renewing calls for Mayor Kenney to declare a state of emergency over the city’s gun violence crisis.

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Still, some Council members said Thursday that they are disappointed violence-prevention measures that they approved funding for have not yet been implemented by the administration. Clarke said while he understands there are supply-chain holdups, “that money was in last year, and there have been numerous shootings in and around the perimeter of rec centers.”has more than 500 officer vacancies

And Councilmember Helen Gym said the administration has also been too slow to roll out programs like READI, which provides jobs and counseling to people most likely to be involved in gun violence and has yielded promising results among participants in Chicago. Also in response to Tuesday’s shooting, Majority Leader Curtis Jones Jr. introduced legislation that would authorize hearings on whether enough local hospitals are equipped to treat shooting victims.

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