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Philadelphia police have a new unit to investigate shootings. But can it improve their success rate?

The undertaking is among the first large-scale reorganizations under Commissioner Danielle Outlaw, and places the department in relatively unique territory nationally.

Philadelphia Police officers stand outside the Neighborhood Market along the 1500 block of Arrott Street after several  people were shot at the Frankford neighborhood market on Jan. 23. The department recently launched a new unit of detectives assigned exclusively to nonfatal shootings.
Philadelphia Police officers stand outside the Neighborhood Market along the 1500 block of Arrott Street after several people were shot at the Frankford neighborhood market on Jan. 23. The department recently launched a new unit of detectives assigned exclusively to nonfatal shootings.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer