Outlaw said her departure was voluntary, but it comes just months before Mayor Jim Kenney is set to leave office and a new mayor is to be sworn in.
Outlaw’s last day will be Sept. 22, after which her top deputy, John Stanford, will serve as interim commissioner, Mayor Jim Kenney said in a news release. Stanford is a two-decade veteran of the department whose experience includes stints overseeing Internal Affairs, leading a West Philadelphia district, and serving as department spokesperson.
for big city police chiefs across the country, and Outlaw acknowledged in an interview that stepping aside now gives “whomever the new mayor is the opportunity to select their commissioner.”from its record-setting heights. The city’s year-to-date homicide tally is 20% lower than last year, police statistics show, although still higher than most other recent years in city history.
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