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How Philly will spend nearly a billion dollars on policing and violence prevention

The city is set to approve a $30 million budget increase to the Police Department and a handful of other investments outside traditional law enforcement that are aimed at combatting gun violence.

Police patrol on South Street the week after a mass shooting took place on the popular Philadelphia commercial corridor. The department is set to see a $30 million funding increase under the new city budget.
Police patrol on South Street the week after a mass shooting took place on the popular Philadelphia commercial corridor. The department is set to see a $30 million funding increase under the new city budget.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer