PHILADELPHIA - Next week will mark one year since Danielle Outlaw took over as the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department – the nation's fourth-largest police department.The Oakland, California native became the first African American woman to hold the post as Philadelphia's top law enforcement officer on Feb.
10, 2020. In the year since her arrival from Portland, Oregon the city has dealt with the coronavirus pandemic and a spring and summer highlighted by civil unrest.The department's response to unrest in May and June has prompted calls for her resignation over the use of tear gas in a number of encounters with demonstrators.On Good Day Philadelphia Thursday morning, Commissioner Outlaw reiterated that she has no intentions.