Re-allocation
Because of the rampant high crime rates in 2005-2006, Mayor John F. Street and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell announced that the Highway Patrol would be removed from interstate highways in Philadelphia, with motor vehicle enforcement being transferred over to the Pennsylvania State Police Troop K headquarters on Belmont Avenue. This includes I-76, I-95, and I-676. In response, the members of the Fraternal Order of Police have sued the City of Philadelphia and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in both the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court and U.S. District Federal Court in Philadelphia in order to keep the interstate highways under Philadelphia Police jurisdiction. The Philadelphia Highway Patrol will concentrate on specialized patrols in high-crime area. The only non-Interstate Highway, a four-mile (6.4 km) Roosevelt Expressway between I-76 and N. 9th Street, will still be patrolled by the Highway Patrol. The Expressway Patrol was formed to patrol the other major restricted access expressways and highways in Philadelphia, the Expressway Patrol is a division of the Traffic unit.
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