#scanner units discussing changing traffic plans at 8th and race

#ground protest is dispersing

#skywatch PPD helicopter has left the area of CC and is surveying around north philly now

#ground action almost fully dispersed but there's snacks and people hanging out.

PhilaOEM: Winter Weather Advisory in effect from Mon. 2/15 at 1PM until Tues. 2/16 at 5 AM. Use caution while driving.

City Council offering more police and moving harm reduction services further out of the way to "improve the neighborhood for the residents."

https://www.inquirer.com/health/opioid-addiction/philly-kensington-city-council-initiatives-20210216.html

Friends! The Mayor's office wants to get feed back from YOU about the budget! Be warned thought- you have to write in PILOTs and ending the abatement and they make you choose between cutting spending OR Raising taxes, and the taxes they propose to raise are all individual taxes, not Corporate or PILOTs. You can however defund the police in this budget game. I recommend making ample use of the comments boxes.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WX7LRX3

Skywatch: helicopter over south philly for large house fire at 17th and Sigel.

PhilaOEM: City of Philadelphia Snow Emergency in effect at 6 AM tomorrow 2/18. Move vehicles from Snow Emergency Routes.

The City of Philadelphia Mayor's Office of Youth Engagement is hosting a virtual "fireside chat" with Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw via Zoom, on February 27th, 2021 from 11:00am to 12:30pm:

"The Mayor's Office of Youth Engagement & the Philadelphia Police Department are hosting a space where Gen-Z Philadelphians can come together and design the Philadelphia they want to live in. For Session 2 in the Operation Innovation series, participants will have an opportunity to discuss the recommendations that were put forward in Session 1 with Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw. This ongoing conversation will continue to provide a valuable youth lens to the City's Pathways to Reform & Reconciliation work. In this space, we will challenge Gen-Z residents to reimagine existing frameworks in an effort to bring fresh perspectives & elevate the ingenuity of our city's youngest residents."

You can sign up to attend this session using the following link:

https://secure.ngpvan.com/Gr7LAGoc-UuNW-mXyJuvRA2

There is also a Google forms link through which you can submit a question for Commissioner Outlaw in advance of the meeting.

*edited to fix typos

PhilaOEM: City provides COVID-19 update for Thursday, 2/18 http://bit.ly/3doHkYb

List of Texas mutual aid networks:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/11GplfTTLRv6yV-2AC6GFw5Gy4izlPdGSay1HdRQcRjQ/mobilebasic

Philly is currently negotiating with out own "union" (which is actually a Fraternal Order because the AFL wouldn't let them be a Union at first but that's another rant) so it's important to know what we're up against. Here's one groups attempt to explain what police unions do and how it's harmful to our community. Nothing in here will surprise any of our followers, but it's the kind of synthesis that lays it out for your Aunt Marge who doesn't understand why you hate the police so much. https://policeunionplaybook.org/#theplaybook

In Pittsburgh, a mother is fighting to get answers to her son's death. Email, call and otherwise harass Duquesne until they at least decide to investigate: https://twitter.com/danniebrwn/status/1365148846402260992?s=19