A former Philadelphia police officer believes the lack of cameras around Philadelphia International Airport has made it one of the most unsafe airports in the country.
Joseph McAlister said he worked as an airport officer for four years and learned about its most vulnerable places for crime, including all of the airport garages.
Investigators say the officers arrived at the airport to start their shift when they witnessed a group attempting to break into a vehicle. When officers Mendez and Ortiz intervened in the suspected theft, authorities say the officers and one of the suspects were shot from behind. Two more suspects arrested, identified in connection to murder of Philadelphia Officer Richard Mendez
Security camera footage from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia captured the fleeing suspects dropping off their fatally injured accomplice, later identified as 18-year-old Jesús Hernán Madera Durán. The recording was some of the only footage of the suspects that investigators had to work with due to the lack of cameras in the airport garage.
The airport, McAlister says, has long been a perfect place for criminals to swipe cars. Not only are the parking lots sorely lacking video cameras, but McAlister says the criminals are given a lengthy head start because the car owners don't notice their vehicle is gone until they return home from their trip.Celebration of life, funeral announced for slain Philadelphia Officer Richard Mendezfor holding a rental car dealership at gunpoint and driving several cars off the lot.
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