'We are part of the community, it's their neighborhood, but we come in here to help them. So we gotta make sure that we advertise all these resources,' said 19th District Police Captain Robert McKeever.
"The more you get to know folks, the less there is of an opportunity or chance that violence can take place," said Andrea Swan, director of community and neighborhood affairs for Temple.There was a party in West Philadelphia Tuesday aimed at building relationships between police and the community as part of National Night Out.
19th District Police Captain Robert McKeever said officers want to engage with residents and he says it's working at preventing violence. The homicide rate is down 31% so far this year in the 19th District, according to McKeever. And at the Penrose Recreation Center near Temple University's campus, community organizers had their own National Night Out with the goal of improving the spirit in the community.
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