DEI officer Leslie Marant was fired just hours before new commissioner Kevin Bethel was set to take office.
Marant’s base salary was a whopping $170,568. She was told her “services” were no longer needed.
The move also comes as Philadelphia mayor Cherelle Parker signed an executive order declaring a public safety emergency.
“I want the world to know that I am fully committed to ending this sense of lawlessness and bringing order back to our city and a sense of lawfulness,” she said as she vowed to hire 300 more police officers and to restore stop-and-frisk.
JUST IN: The Philadelphia police department has fired their first ever DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) officer.
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DEI officer Leslie Marant was fired just hours before new commissioner Kevin Bethel was set to take office.
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