The Washington Times
published my piece on Philadelphia police cars getting getting bulletproof windows.
The good news is that Philadelphia police
officers will soon be patrolling the city’s mean streets in 150 new patrol cars
that have been equipped with bulletproof windows.
According to the Philadelphia
Police Department, the patrol cars will have ballistic shields affixed to the
front door panels and “‘transparent armor” in the front windows.
The bulletproof windows were
ordered in light of two separate incidents in which two Philadelphia police
officers were ambushed and shot while sitting in their patrol cars. Both were
seriously wounded, but thankfully both survived.
In 2016 Philadelphia police
officer Jesse Hartnett was shot while stopped at an intersection. A
surveillance camera captured the moment that the gunman, wearing a long white
tunic and shouting “Allah Akbar,” ran up to Officer Harnett’s patrol car and
fired into the driver’s side window. Officer Harnett was shot three times in
his left arm.
Incredibly, Officer Harnett
got out of his car and returned fire, wounding the suspect, who was later
captured by other officers.
Sgt. Sylvia Young, who was
wearing a bulletproof vest, was also sitting in her patrol car when a gunman
opened fire on her, hitting her in her left shoulder, arm and torso. The
shooter, who also that night fired on a 25-year-old woman, killing her, and
wounded a University of Pennsylvania police officer, was later shot and killed
by other officers.
According to the Philadelphia
Police Department, the bulletproof windows will cost around $1,300 dollars per
patrol car. For those who believe “Blue Lives” matter, the cost is well worth
it.
... Adding to the concerns of
Philly cops is the belief that the newly elected District Attorney does not
truly have their back. Larry Krasner, a lifelong civil rights lawyer who has
sued the Philadelphia Police Department 75 times, was elected DA and recently
took office. The new DA has represented pro-bono anti-police organizations such
as Black Lives Matter, ACT-Up and Occupy Philly over the years. What he has
never done is prosecute a criminal.
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