At a Haverford Township commissioners’ meeting last week, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse provided an update on his office and local law enforcement, noting that both crime and the prison population have declined, writes Pete Bannan for the Daily Times.
“Delaware County now, on the whole, is safer than it’s ever been,” he said. “I think we’ve just had our best year yet … and better things are on the way.”
The prison population is currently in the 900s, representing a 50 percent decline from just over six years ago when Rouse began working with former District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer.
He said the improvements are largely due to the efforts of local police departments, as well as the law enforcement treatment initiative. This gets individuals involved in minor drug cases, including possession of controlled substances or those showing the aftereffects of drug use, into treatment rather than incarceration.
He also reported that Chester saw no homicides over the summer for the first time in memory and said the “intelligence-driven approach” used has since been applied across southeastern Delaware County, bringing gun-violence incidents down to around 10 in 2025 from 75 in 2020.
Read more about the crime report in the Daily Times.
