![Ramsey served as Philadelphia’s police commissioner from 2008 to 2016, during which the city’s homicide rate declined. Image of Former Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey](https://community.temple.edu/sites/community/files/styles/tu_is_news_detail/public/images/news/2022/11/20220621_ramsey_c_014-web_res_jpeg_150_dpi_1.jpeg?itok=VzRb80LJ)
Ramsey served as Philadelphia’s police commissioner from 2008 to 2016, during which the city’s homicide rate declined.
Joseph V. Labolito
One of the nation's leading crime reductionists sits right in the backyard of Temple University. Former Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey, who lives in Philadelphia, is