Somebody from the vaunted Fattah Organization should take a look at the candidate's own apparent support for the stop-and-frisk tactics for which he seared Michael Nutter Monday night.
On page 3 of the Gun Safe Philadelphia plan, there's a paragraph subtitled "Designate Patrol Officers to Go After Illegal Guns."
The policy statement points to the success of "targeted patrols" in both Kansas City, Missouri and Indianapolis.
And what were among the the tactics used in those cities? As the following 1995 account from The Commercial Appeal of Memphis details, it was none other than stop-and-frisk.
Gun patrols in Indianapolis, like those earlier in Kansas City, Mo., seem to work: When police seize guns from people carrying them illegally and scare criminals away from where gun patrols operate, crime rates drop.Under the Indianapolis plan, two officers in a certain precinct are released from answering radio calls for two hours each night. When they spot any suspicious activity or anything that looks out of place, they stop and frisk the people involved. If a car is also involved, they ask for permission to search the car.
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