Philadelphia Police Lay Out Plans To Tackle Drugs, Violence In Kensington: "We Will Be Making Arrests"

CBS Philadelphia

June 11, 2024

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Philadelphia Police on Monday announced their long-awaited plans to clean up Kensington, an area in the city notorious for being one of the largest open-air drug markets in the United States. Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said the department understands the scale of this task.

"It's not like we have a comparison anywhere in America to give us a playbook as to how to do this," Bethel said from police headquarters on Monday afternoon.

Aside from the highly-publicized open drug use and drug sales that have long plagued the neighborhood, police note it as one of the most violent in the city. Deputy Commissioner Pedro Rosario, who heads the department's Kensington Initiative, said "Consistently this area has been number one in the city of Philadelphia with shooting victims and homicides."

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