Evictions To Resume In Philadelphia After Multiple Tenants Shot

By Joe Brandt, CBS Philadelphia

August 21, 2023

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia Municipal Court is resuming evictions as early as Monday, saying landlord-tenant officers have now received training on use of force and de-escalation tactics.

This follows the court suspending all evictions in July after multiple tenants were shot during evictions over the past several months. In one incident in March, a plainclothes landlord tenant officer shot a woman in the head. In another incident in July, police said a woman was shot in the leg.

A spokesperson for the court's Landlord and Tenant Office said evictions will now be conducted in teams of two officers who have all received Pennsylvania Constable training.

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