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A. Benjamin Mannes

A. Benjamin Mannes, MA, CPP, CESP, is a Subject Matter Expert in Security & Criminal Justice Reform based on his own experiences on both sides of the criminal justice system. He has served as a federal and municipal law enforcement officer and was the former Director, Office of Investigations with the American Board of Internal Medicine.
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Crime

Ben Mannes: School shootings — solutions vs. politicization

June 24, 2022June 23, 2022
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Congress and the states need to focus on the most effective practices to curb gun violence. That’s the first step in keeping our streets from becoming killing fields.
By A. Benjamin Mannes

Election

Ben Mannes: Key 2022 elections are all for governor

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022
A. Benjamin Mannes

As the pandemic has shown, local government matters most in people’s day-to-day lives
By Ben Mannes

Crime

Ben Mannes: Fire Commissioner shifts accountability for deadly Fairmount blaze

February 1, 2022February 9, 2022
A. Benjamin Mannes

Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel blames a lack of affordable housing for a fire that killed twelve. Further investigation shows that policy failures and PHA shortcomings contributed.
By A. Benjamin Mannes

Crime

Ben Mannes: As radical criminal justice policies result in record murders, where’s the bully pulpit?

January 11, 2022February 22, 2022
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Last year was the deadliest year in Philadelphia’s 340-year history. What is notably absent is any sense of accountability by the political leaders charged with keeping us safe.
By Ben Mannes

Municipal Government

Ben Mannes: With Henon and Dougherty convicted, all eyes turn to indicted Philly Councilman Kenyatta Johnson

December 20, 2021February 22, 2022
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After the guilty verdicts of Dougherty and Henon, some are looking at the indictment of Councilman Kenyatta Johnson. These cases reveal a pressing issue for Philadelphians: a lack of oversight of our public officials from the city and state.
By Ben Mannes

Health

Biden administration appoints second state health official under Covid-19 investigation

September 1, 2021February 22, 2022
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In the fight to “Crush Covid” the Biden administration has now appointed to leadership positions health officials from states currently under investigation for murky and deadly Covid-19 response practices.
By Ben Mannes

Politics

Ben Mannes: Former police officials, now candidates, debunk the left’s efforts to defund the police

July 26, 2021February 22, 2022
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The recent campaigns of two high-profile former police officers could represent voters rejecting “defund the police” and favoring more balanced criminal justice policies.
By Ben Mannes

Energy

Ben Mannes: Opposition to PA pipelines hurts us and helps Putin

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021
A. Benjamin Mannes

While the President’s actions have caused many a furrowed brow in the national news, the similarly destructive actions of PA Gov. Tom Wolf have been largely ignored by local and national media.
By Ben Mannes

Election

Ben Mannes: Krasner National PAC coordination shows Philly campaign finance laws are toothless

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021
A. Benjamin Mannes

The Krasner campaign seems to be blatantly evading or ignoring local campaign finance laws by its evidently intimate and lucrative relationship with a San Francisco PAC.
By Ben Mannes

Crime

Ben Mannes: It’s time to stop using Covid-19 as an excuse for violent crime

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021
A. Benjamin Mannes

Research from Temple and Princeton shows that the Covid-19 pandemic may have magnified violent crime, but the ongoing wave of murders in cities like Philadelphia began before the virus came to our shores. Unless policy changes happen, it will continue.
By Ben Mannes

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