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Explaining deputy landlord-tenant officers, who carry out evictions in Philly

Philly's unusual system came into glaring light when a deputized landlord-tenant officer shot a 35-year-old woman during an attempted lockout.

The scene at the Girard Court Apartments in the city’s Sharswood section on Wednesday after a landlord-tenant officer shot a woman in the head while trying to enforce an eviction.
The scene at the Girard Court Apartments in the city’s Sharswood section on Wednesday after a landlord-tenant officer shot a woman in the head while trying to enforce an eviction.Read moreTom Gralish / Staff Photographer