Philadelphia Police Commissioner
On November 15, 2007, Philadelphia Mayor Elect Michael Nutter nominated Ramsey as Police Commissioner. Ramsey came out of retirement to accept the position, and he was officially sworn in at the beginning of Nutter's term as Mayor on January 7, 2008.
Since Commissioner Ramsey assumed his position, the city's homicide rate has dropped 20 percent. In the city's nine most dangerous precincts, which account for 65% of homicides and 75% of shootings, homicides are down by over 40 percent. Ramsey's tactics have included installing a network of surveillance cameras in the city's most dangerous sections, increasing the number of cops on the beat, and moving police patrols out of their squad cars and onto foot patrols or bicycle patrols.
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