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My Ride-Along With the Police Commissioner

No issue is more critical to the future of Philadelphia than public safety. So we spent an evening in a squad car with interim commish John Stanford Jr., the man who thinks he’s got the best plan to secure our streets.


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My Ride-Along With the Police Commissioner

We spent an evening in a squad car with interim commish John Stanford Jr., the man who thinks he’s got the best plan to secure our streets.


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