City Council passed legislation Thursday that would mandate the city only hire people -- including aspiring police officers -- who have been living in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the job appointment. The bill is one of this week . It has also raised questions about residency in general -- and whether police officers should be required to live in the very city they patrol. The NBC10 Investigators examined police recruitment and city payroll data to determine where current police officers live and from where the newest officers moved. The analysis found that the zip...…City Council passed legislation Thursday that would mandate the city only hire people -- including aspiring police officers -- who have been living in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the job appointment. The bill is one of this week . It has also raised questions about residency in general -- and whether police officers should be required to live in the very city they patrol. The NBC10 Investigators examined police recruitment and city payroll data to determine where current police officers live and from where the newest officers moved. The analysis found that the zip...WW…

When Jamila Hankinson saw the news about George Floyd’s murder last May, she was overcome with emotion. “I felt like it was Trayvon Martin all over again. I couldn't stop crying,” Hankinson, a Philadelphia school teacher, said.People throughout the country felt the same way. And in the days that followed Floyd’s death, protests and civil unrest broke out in cities across the country.In Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw had been on the job three months. She watched as other cities struggled to contain the civil unrest and violence. “It was cause for some alarm,”...…When Jamila Hankinson saw the news about George Floyd’s murder last May, she was overcome with emotion. “I felt like it was Trayvon Martin all over again. I couldn't stop crying,” Hankinson, a Philadelphia school teacher, said.People throughout the country felt the same way. And in the days that followed Floyd’s death, protests and civil unrest broke out in cities across the country.In Philadelphia, Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw had been on the job three months. She watched as other cities struggled to contain the civil unrest and violence. “It was cause for some alarm,”...WW…