I haven’t addressed this issue before today because the media has managed to give this enough publicity.  I have been looking at crime statistics in detail since the PPD has been kind enough to put this information out on the web on a timely basis. 
What started my interest was that the crime log published in the [...]

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We have posted the most recent addtion to the crime map for 7/21 to 8/3/22008.  You can find it here.

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From the CBS3.com:
A man sitting in his truck became the latest victim of crime in Philadelphia when he suffered a gunshot wound to the chest.
Authorities said the unidentified 24-year-old victim was shot in the chest while sitting in his pickup truck in the 5000 block of Cottage Street in the city’s Frankford section.
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We have been catching up on the crime maps and now have data gleaned from the reports published in the Northeast Times.  The PPD crime stats program is great but we think our mapping is better and a more informative.  Have a look here. 

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From the Inquirer this morning:
A double shooting in Frankford on Tuesday night left one man critically injured, police said yesterday.
Gunfire erupted at 10:35 p.m. around the 4300 block of Elizabeth Street. A 21-year-old man was shot in each leg and in the stomach. He was taken to Temple University Hospital and was reported in critical [...]

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