PPD 8th District

8th District Officers did a sweep of items holding parking spots and shopping carts this week. Please do not hold parking spots! Let's do better people! Let's be kind and clean. Let's make the 8th District the best and cleanest District in the city of Philadelphia.

A special thanks to Three Monkey’s Cafe for a very generous food donation for the 8th District Christmas Party. As always Dottie, the food was amazing!!!

Philadelphia Police Officer Taylor took part in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Thomas Holme School. Superintendent Dr. Tony Watlington, President Reginald L. Streater Esq. and School District Lt. Curry gave the grand tour of the new state of the art school.

In the true Christmas spirit Santa and Mrs Claus visited all the good boys and girls at SPIN, Inc. Special thanks to Senator Joe Picozzi the Philadelphia mounted unit, K9 unit and the officers of the 8th District.

Thank you to Santa and the elves (volunteers) that made today so special for the children at our photo with santa 🎅 event. Santa even brought toys from his workshop for the good boys and girls to take home.

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Friendly reminder that our monthly PDAC membership meeting is tomorrow night at 6:00 PM held at 3100 Red Lion Road. These meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month. We are always looking for new members to help bridge the gap between community and the police 🚔

Thank you to everyone who has been sharing our recent tips on stopping high-tech auto theft. Please keep spreading the word; your outreach is helping protect your neighbors. This evening, officers will be knocking on doors in the SW section of the city to provide info!

On November 6th, the 8th District, along with the Philadelphia Police Recuits will be in the area of Rambler and Walton Park actively engaging and distributing flyers to educate people of preventive measures for auto thefts.

Please donate any non perishable food at the 8th District. We will be collecting through the new year, and are working with caring for friends.

Philadelphia Parks & Recreation have been cleaning up the homeless encampment at Poquessing Creek Park since Saturday. This is not just a Kensington problem, this is a national problem. Thank you to all the workers, this is no easy task.

Thank you to Wawa of Grant/Academy for allowing the 8th District community team to have a pop-up Vehicle theft prevention event. Officers gave out steering wheel locks and made citizens aware of vehicle theft prevention tips. 8th District clergy even helped out.

Captain DeBlasis and the 8th District community team wanted to recognize Christ the King Parish with a Certificate of Appreciation for all the prayers and support over the years.

8th District community team held a Internation Day of Peace event at @parksandrec Picariello playground. Children made birds out of their hands and created a beautiful poster. Children took home a peace pledge in hopes of dealing with conflict in a nonviolent way.

Huge turnout for the movie night at @parksandrec O'Connor Rec Center. Over 100 people in attendance for The Sandlot! Captain DeBlasis even had the community team giving away wheel locks to prevent auto thefts. Great community event!

@Wawa at Grant & Blue Grass hosted Coffee with a Cop today. This wonderful event allows the public to engage with the 8th District community team in an inviting environment.