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From YouTube: Committee on Public Safety 6-16-2022
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The Committee on Public Safety of the Council of the City of Philadelphia held a Public Hearing on Thursday, June 16, 2022 to hear testimony on the following item:
220577
An Ordinance amending Chapter 10-300, entitled “Minors,” to revise the evening curfew hours, all under certain terms and conditions.
A
Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
I
understand
the
state
law
currently
requires
that
the
following
announcement
be
made
at
the
beginning
of
every
remote
public
hearing
as
follows.
Due
to
the
current
public
health
emergency
city,
council
committees
are
currently
meeting
remotely.
We
are
using
microsoft
teams
to
make
these
remote
hearings
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instructions
for
how
the
public
may
view
and
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public
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committees
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in
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public
hearing,
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that
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daily
news,
enquirer
and
legal
intelligencer
prior
to
the
hearings
and
can
also
be
found
on
phlcouncil.com.
A
By
continuing
to
be
in
the
meeting,
you
are
consenting
to
being
recorded
additionally
prior
to
councilman
jones,
recognizing
members
for
the
questions
or
comments
they
have
for
the
witnesses.
I
will
note
for
the
record
at
this
time
that
we
will
use
the
chat
feature
available
in
microsoft
teams
to
allow
members
to
signify
that
they
wish
to
be
recognized
in
order
to
comply
with
the
sunshine
act.
The
chat
feature
must
only
be
used
for
this
purpose.
Thank
you.
C
B
A
C
C
A
D
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
we
have
to
understand
that
we
are
in
a
state
of
emergency
in
philadelphia
and
we
continue
to
struggle
with
gun
violence
and
no
one
is
suffering
more
than
our
young
people
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
They
are
our
young
people,
they
are
our
children,
they
are
our
babies.
They
are
the
next
generation
of
our
leaders
and
they're
getting
caught
up
in
too
much
a
dangerous
activity
in
too
many
fatal
situations,
a
lot
of
them
simply
because
they're
out
later
in
the
wrong
place
at
the
wrong
time.
D
Just
this
year
alone,
we
have
witnessed
shootings
of
92
children
under
the
age
of
18,
with
23
shootings
occurring
after
10
pm.
We
are
besieged
in
our
local
communities
and
we
have
to
take
action.
We
know
how
deadly
the
summer
months
have
been
in
philadelphia
over
the
past
few
years,
and
it's
under
you
know
my
purview
that
we
must
do
everything
we
can
to
keep
our
children
and
our
young
people
safe,
particularly
while
they
are
out
of
school.
That's
the
key,
while
they're
out
of
school,
and
so
as
the
summer
months
begin.
D
We
must
remain
steadfast
and
and
treat
this
with
the
sense
of
urgency
that
it
deserves
for
our
children,
and
we
we're
doing
this
from
the
perspective
of
elected
officials,
but
also
as
community
leaders
and
parents
to
ensure
the
safety
and
well-being
of
our
young
people.
And
I'm
going
to
say
this:
if
we
do
nothing,
folks
are
mad.
D
Last
year
I
updated
the
minor
curfew
law
by
simplifying
the
times
and
seeking
to
align
with
state
law,
particularly
to
help
our
young
people,
who
may
have
jobs
and
may
have
to
work
late
and
need
travel
time
to
get
home.
But
while
we
were
doing
that,
we
were
also
developing
community
evening
resource
centers
that
would
operate
from
the
hours
of
7
pm
to
2
a.m,
every
single
day
of
the
week
for
young
people
and
provide
them
with
resources
and
help
to
get
their
families
connected
to
resources.
D
While
we
were
seeking
to
modify
the
curfew
and
ensure
young
people
had
a
safe
space
to
go
to
in
their
community.
So
as
we
build
this
out,
we
know
that
it
will
take
time
to
get
all
of
them
up
and
running
in
all
of
the
divisions
throughout
the
city,
but
that
will
help
us
with
this
issue
and
challenge
we
are
facing,
and
I
also
want
to
say
and
mention
that
in
previous
years
you
know
there
have
been
curfews
just
for
the
summer
months
in
the
city
of
philadelphia.
D
Only
and
if
you
go
back
and
look
at
the
data
and
the
information
from
that
time
in
2011,
it
was
successful
to
help
curb
some
of
the
challenges
that
we
were
faced
with
in
the
city
for
that
summer,
and
I
am
of
the
belief
that
that's
exactly
what
we
need
to
do
this
summer
and
again,
as
I
stated
previously,
you
do
nothing
and
everyone's
upset.
You
do
something
and
they're
still
upset,
but
we
have
to
do
something
and
that's
what
we
are
seeking
to
do
with
this
bill
today.
D
So
I
humbly
request
and
ask
my
colleagues
for
your
support
for
this
measure,
the
bill
with
sunset
at
the
end
of
the
summer
on
september
29th,
which
is
our
third
session
coming
back
just
to
ensure,
if
we
need
to
take
any
additional
action,
we'll
have
the
ability
to
do
so,
we're
using
every
tool
in
our
tool
belt
to
do
what
we
can
for
our
young
people.
Thank
you
so
much
and
thank
you,
mr
chair,
so
well
said.
C
So
on
point,
and-
and
you
can
tell
when
public
policy
is
the
right
thing
to
do
when
you
can
relate
to
it
in
your
actual
administration
of
your
office,
there's
this
commercial
card
that
you're
very
familiar
with
it's
called
54th
street,
where
one
of
my
staff
who
lives
in
an
adjacent
apartment
came
out
to
go
to
the
corner
store
and
there
was
a
tender
aged
child
walking
up
and
down
the
street,
trying
to
get
into
that
very
same
corner
store.
Now.
Why
was
that
young
person
unattended?
Why
well
after
11
o'clock?
C
Would
they
be
on
the
street?
And
if
you
multiply
that
type
of
situation
by
south
street
and
by
some
of
the
you
know,
pop-up
block
parties
that
we
have?
Where
often
they
are
the
center
of
some
type
of
violent
act?
We
should
save
safeguard,
protect
as
many
of
our
babies
as
we
can.
So
I'm
thankful
for
you
bringing
this
forward.
E
E
Introduced
by
council
member
gilmore
richardson,
the
bill
aims
to
admin
philadelphia's
minor
curfew
law,
while
dhs
does
not
enforce
laws.
We
do
work
to
engage
youth
in
positive
activities
as
well
as
community
engagement,
dhs's,
juvenile
justice
division
focuses
on
reducing
the
number
of
youth
and
detention
throughout
the
years
we
have
increased
the
use
of
the
diversionary
programs
and
services.
E
We
have
also
decreased
the
reliance
on
out-of-phone
placement.
Instead,
we
prioritize
community
and
home-based
supports
for
philadelphia,
children,
youth
and
their
families.
One
example
is
the
community
evening
resource
centers
program.
We
have
two
community
based
sites
that
are
in
the
south
and
southwest
sections
of
the
city.
E
The
centers
are
also
able
to
receive
youth
who
have
come
to
the
attention
of
the
philadelphia
police
after
curfew,
violation,
staff
members
at
the
centers
connect
with
youth
to
promote
positive
youth
development,
with
the
emphasis
of
family
engagement,
conflict
resolution,
violence,
prevention,
mentoring,
coaching
and
other
service
linkages.
The
centers
also
offer
structured
activities
to
keep
youth
engaged.
E
E
This
site
recently
hosted
a
community
evening
resource
center
youth
appreciation
day
to
offer
positive
affirmations
for
community
youth
and
families.
The
southwest
bay
site,
which
is
operated
by
community
compassion
community
of
compassion,
also
offers
a
full
week
of
programming
there.
You
will
find
youth
engaged
in
drone
program,
programming,
financial
literacy
classes
and
peer
mediation,
and
each
wednesday
youth
participate
in
cops,
kids
and
camera,
which
is
a
program
partnership
with
the
philadelphia
police
to
connect
youth
with
photography
skills
program
was
featured
on
6
abc
last
month
for
dhs.
E
E
To
date,
the
center
has
served
298
youth
and
we
look
forward
to
engaging
with
more
of
our
next
leaders
of
tomorrow.
With
the
support
of
city
council,
we
have
issued
an
rfp
to
establish
two
additional
sites
in
the
central
and
northwest
sections
of
the
city.
In
closing,
I
understand
that
members
of
the
committee
may
have
additional
questions.
I'm
happy
to
answer
any
questions
related
to
the
work
that
we
do.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time
and
consideration.
C
Thank
you
for
your
testimony.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
your
testimony.
It
is.
It
is
encouraging
to
note
that
this
legislation
that
is
being
proposed
by
gilmore
richardson
also
goes
with
another
shoot
at
falls
to
say,
give
them
something
to
do
so
that
do
something
is
also
paired
with
something
to
do
so.
I
think
that's
really
good.
Can
you
tell
me
when
a
young
person
is
picked
up
for
curfew
violation?
E
C
I
think
that
is
one
of
the
tools
as
member
gilmore
richardson
talked
about
on
our
tool
belt
that
we
have
to
use
more,
sometimes
due
to
no
fault
of
their
own.
Sometimes
parents
are
engaged
with
second
jobs,
things
like
that,
and
it
is
incumbent
upon
us
to
make
sure
that
these
young
people
get
every
opportunity
to
be
connected
with
those
services.
C
E
C
D
Yes,
thank
you
so
much.
Mr
chair
and
you've
already
asked
a
number
of
the
questions,
and
I
I
have
just
two
questions
for
mr
healey
when
we
get
to
his
testimony,
but
I
wanted
to
thank
dc
williams
for
all
of
his
work.
He
has
worked
with
us
behind
the
scenes
for
months
with
commissioner
ali
and
office
of
children
and
families,
and
so
many
others
to
sort
of
put
this
model
together.
D
D
Okay,
great
and
then
my
second
question
is
just
a
timeline
update
relative
to
the
additional
two
centers
for
central
division
and
also
for
northwest
division.
And
if
you
could
just
notate
the
police
districts
that
those
two
centers
would
cover,
because
you
know
that
what
we're
seeking
to
do
is
have
coverage
across
all
divisions
so
that
you
know
that
process
can
work
of
getting
more
young
people
to
the
centers.
D
D
B
E
E
C
Remember,
thomas
good
questions
and
appropriate
a
lot
of
our
young
people.
That's
the
way
they
eat.
They
have
to
augment
the
family
income
through
through
small
jobs
and
it's
a
good
good,
positive
way
to
earn
money
getting
a
job.
So
we
don't
want
to
discourage
that
kind
of
thing.
Thank
you,
so
very
much
any
other
questions
for
this
panelist.
C
F
Commissioner,
thank
you
for
your
work
and
thank
you
to
the
sponsor
of
this
bill
for
her
tremendous
work
on
the
on
the
curfew.
Centers
has
been
extremely
important.
I
did
want
to
ask
whether
you
had
any
assessment
at
all
about,
like
the
distribution
between
young
people
who
are
brought
to
the
community
centers
versus
young
people,
who
voluntarily
show
up.
E
The
as
you
know,
we
opened
the
centers
in
december
and
had
a
period
of
ramping
up,
I
would
venture
to
say
there
are
more
of
the
young
people
who
are
actually
engaged
by
way
of
community
engagement
from
the
respective
centers
at
this
point
in
time.
But
we
have
full
capacity
at
any
given
point
council.
Member
again,
a
center
can
service
anywhere
from
30
to
50
young
people.
But
to
answer
your
question
directly
at
this
point
in
time,
there's
more
young
people
who
actually
come
to
our
attention
by
way
of
community
engagement.
E
E
F
I
think
we've
made
it
very
clear
on
our
city
council
body
that
it's
unacceptable
to
have
you
know
so
few
programs
for
for
young
people
in
neighborhoods
and
communities
where
they
live
between
friday
evening
and
monday
morning.
We
don't
have
a
rec
center
open,
we
don't
have
libraries
open,
and
so
this
city
council
really
has
pushed
hard
to
get
the
rec
centers
open,
which
we
hope
that
we
will
be
able
to
do
at
a
few
of
them.
F
F
F
This
is
not
additional
money
that
has
to
be
spent.
This
is
just
a
shifting
of
existing
personnel.
Changing
our
timeline
to
meet
young
people's
needs,
so
youth
from
the
juvenile
justice
services
center
are
probably
among
those
young
people
who
are
at
greatest
risk
of
harm.
That
includes
harming
others
as
much
as
themselves
being
harmed,
and
they
are
now
going
to
be
discharged
with
a
pre-discharge
meeting.
F
Richardson
he's
also
been
working
really
hard
with
so
many
other
people,
including
our
office
on
really
ensuring
safety
targeting
it
towards
young
people
who
are
at
high
need-
and
I
just
want
to
thank
commissioner
williams-
and
just
you
know-
I
don't
know
if
you
wanted
to
have
a
chance
to
share
a
little
bit
about
that
or
how
it's
going
or
things
that
you
need.
But
it's
helpful
to
put
it
on
our
radar.
You
know,
as
a
public
safety
committee.
E
C
Remember
again,
I
just
want
to
applaud
you
on
the
warm
handoff
from
the
juvenile
justice
center.
I
think
it's
critical
and
it's
a
part
of
a
number
of
things
that
include
this
curfew,
bill
that
are
being
done
to
address
our
vulnerable
youth.
Yesterday
before
yesterday,
I
was
out
at
tustin
playground.
C
We
were
cutting
the
ribbon
on
the
mural
and
new
basketball
courts
there
and,
aside
from
the
ribbon
cutting,
there
was
a
group
of
young
people
that
were
adjudicated
to
the
immoral
program
they
had
come.
It
was
about
a
dozen
of
them.
They
come
in
helped
pitch
in
clean
paint
that
center
and
it
was.
It
was
clear
to
me
that
these
small
things
add
up
to
a
big
thing.
C
So
what
you're
doing
remember
richardson?
What
you've
done
remember
again
are
a
part
of
the
solution
that
eventually
creates
a
tipping
point
for
our
young
people
in
a
positive
way.
So
I
I
saw
it
the
other
day
and
thought
of
you
guys
and
was
thankful
for
these
little
bites
that
add
up
to
to
a
big
sea
change
for
our
young
people.
So
thank.
F
F
G
Good
morning,
council,
my
name
is
fran
healy,
I'm
a
special
adviser
to
the
police
commissioner,
outlaw
here
in
philadelphia.
We
didn't
supply
any
written
testimony,
but
I'm
here
to
answer
any
questions,
but,
first
and
foremost,
I'd
like
to
thank
council
member
gilmore
richardson
for
her
passion
and
commitment
on
the
subject
matter.
Over
the
years
we've
worked
together
and
that's
that's
very
much
appreciated
on
this
side
of
the
criminal
justice
system
per
se.
This
is
not
a
crime.
I
mean
these.
Are
children
they're
out
late
and
actually
get
in
trouble
oftentimes.
G
Well,
I
mean
this
is
my
own
personal
opinion,
but
oftentimes
when
you
see
a
shooting
incident
where
there's
multiple
people
and
you
see
24
25
year
olds,
with
a
17
or
an
18..
That's
a
problem.
I
mean
obviously
those
those
kids
should
not
have
been
out
usually
these
times,
but
also
they're
hanging
with
the
wrong
people.
So
I
don't
have
like
a
statistical
number,
but
I
said
that
we
can
save
one
kid
from
being
shot
out
there.
It's.
G
This
is
a
huge
win
and
well
worth
all
our
effort,
but
I
do
believe
it'll
have
a
much
bigger
impact
than
just
one.
It's
only
temporary
for
the
summer.
It's
the,
I
believe,
so
the
issue
down
from
the
time
from
12
to
10
o'clock,
I
think,
could
have
a
big
difference.
Like
I
said
you
you
get
the
older
kids,
you
may
not
be
able
to
get
them
all,
but
those
young
kids
that
are
very
impressionable
by
older
people.
I
think
this
could
be
a
very,
very
big
help.
G
Our
numbers
have
increased
dramatically
from
this
year
to
last
year
we
have
just
a
total
of
two
a
year
to
date
up
to
the
state,
we
had
total
450
curfew
violations
last
year.
As
of
this,
as
I'm
sorry
as
the
ninth,
we
have
914
this
year,
so
we
are
aggressively
going
out
there
trying
to
do
as
a
crime
prevention
method
of
getting
these
children
off
the
street
as
best
we
can
get
them
home.
G
D
D
D
Okay-
and
that
was
right
around
the
time
that
we
passed
that
bill
year
to
date
this
year
we
have
914
with
the
most
council
member
jones,
you'll,
be
interested
to
hear
this
in
our
southwest
division,
which
would
be
16,
18,
19
and
12.
okay,
and
so
that
includes
our
19th
police
district
councilmember
jones.
D
And
so
we
have
a
lot
of
work
to
do
on
this
matter
and
I'm
appreciative
of
the
partnership
that
we
have
with
the
police
department
and
all
the
divisions,
and
I
wanted
to
just
take
the
time
out
to
thank
the
captains
that
I've
been
out
with
late
at
night
who
rode
in
the
car
with
me
for
hours
who
have
taken
me
out.
You
know
they
weren't
riding
with
me.
D
I
was
riding
with
them
and
had
to
put
on
the
bulletproof
vest
and-
and
you
know
just
do
what
we
needed
to
do
for
those
nights.
So,
thank
you
so
much
to
the
19th
district
captain
mckeever
in
the
five
squad
who's
out
on
that
evening
swing
and
then
also
to
captain
o'donnell
down
in
17th
and
officer
leilani
velazquez,
who
I
was
out
with.
D
I
thank
you
all
so
much
for
the
work
that
you
do
and
for
allowing
me
to
go
out
with
you
to
the
curfew
centers
and
also
to
both
the
curfew
centers,
where
we
also
visit
separately.
One
question
I
wanted
to
ask
was
relative
to
the
centers
that
were
seeking
to
open
one
in
central
division
and
northwest
division.
Northwest
division
also
had
the
second
highest
amount
of
curfew
violations
for
for
this
year,
and
it
was
also
like
that
last
year,
where
do
we
see
most
of
the
issues
in
the
northwest
division?
G
D
Okay,
well,
we
look
forward
to
continuing
to
work
with
you
inspector
healey,
for
the
record.
I
just
wanted
to
get
this
on
for
for
this
hearing,
when
a
young
person
is
picked
up
for
a
curfew,
violation
is
the
first
step
to
try
to
re,
unify
them
with
their
parent
or
guardian.
Then
what
would
be
the
second
step
if
that
does
not
take
place.
G
Yeah
that
that's
definitely
the
first
place
trying
to
connect
with
a
family
member
at
all
costs
without
a
a
resource
center
available.
You
know
the
the
individuals
will
be
ultimately
transported
to
like
a
dhs
facility,
so
we
try
to
connect
them
there,
but
the
more
research
facilities
makes
this
much
much
better.
So,
like
I
said,
I'm
looking
forward
to
the
ones
in
in
central
as
well
as
in
northwest
that'll,
be
that'll,
be
amazing.
Thank
you.
C
C
A
C
B
C
Is
there
a
second
second?
Second,
it
has
been
moved
and
properly.
Second
and
third,
to
have
this
bill
moved
out
of
committee
with
a
favorable
recommendation
and
with
a
rule
suspension
to
allow
first
reading
at
our
next
session
accounts
all
those
in
favor
signify
by
saying
aye,
aye
aye
aye,
all
those
opposed
the
eyes
have
it
and
bill
number
two:
two
zero
five,
seven
seven
has
been
approved
with
that.
This
concludes
the
business
of
the
public
safety
committee
of
city
council.