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Philadelphia’s next police commissioner must balance public safety and accountability | Editorial

While Kevin Bethel takes over amid a declining homicide rate, the city remains mired in a crisis of shootings, traffic violence, rampant substance abuse, and shoplifting.

It is an encouraging sign that incoming police commissioner Kevin Bethel seems to understand that police accountability and public safety are intertwined, writes the Editorial Board.
It is an encouraging sign that incoming police commissioner Kevin Bethel seems to understand that police accountability and public safety are intertwined, writes the Editorial Board.Read moreHEATHER KHALIFA / Staff Photographer