✍🏾: @lexisryann
On Tuesday, it was announced that Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw will resign later this month.
Outlaw, the first Black woman to helm the department, held the position for three years. Her tenure started just before the pandemic, followed by the Black Lives Matter protests.
Her often-tumultuous tenure was marked by challenges, including pandemic shutdowns, record levels of gun violence and homicides, mass protests that her department responded to with heavy-handed tactics, and significant staffing shortages amid waves of retirements and resignations.
Outlaw said her departure was voluntary and comes just months before Mayor Jim Kenney leaves office. A new mayor is to be sworn in. Her last day will be Sept. 22, after which her top deputy, John Stanford, will serve as interim commissioner. #BWLM💕
