{"id":144405,"date":"2026-03-21T05:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144405\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:05:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T05:05:13","slug":"why-wont-rob-bresnahan-support-a-real-time-crime-center-in-scranton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/144405\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Won\u2019t Rob Bresnahan Support A Real Time Crime Center in Scranton?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Scranton police chief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774132877444000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0reow-D8jS0az-t-g9Fe1V\">this week celebrated investment in a Real Time Crime Center<\/a>\u00a0in the downtown area that will \u201cenhance public safety.\u201d The chief has even called the investment a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2025\/11\/28\/scranton-to-buy-fidelity-bank-branch-next-to-city-hall-for-1-85-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2025\/11\/28\/scranton-to-buy-fidelity-bank-branch-next-to-city-hall-for-1-85-million\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774132877444000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0e3E8gDBuAtmT8bwMSYYEk\">gold mine<\/a>\u201d for his police department.<\/p>\n<p>The Scranton Times-Tribune\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774132877444000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0reow-D8jS0az-t-g9Fe1V\">reports<\/a>\u00a0that the Real Time Crime Center was made possible because of \u201cthe city\u2019s approval of the purchase of the Fidelity Bank building on North Washington Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774132877444000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0reow-D8jS0az-t-g9Fe1V\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1ce6d3d7-f53c-89ff-7cad-64a84d4be92b.png\" width=\"578\" height=\"140\" data-bit=\"iit\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/03\/18\/scranton-police-chief-real-time-crime-center-to-make-city-safer\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1774132877445000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1iT8L-ATJiQmEztXi47yr6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/e7427209-4c05-ab76-50ed-a8b11a011ffd.png\" width=\"611\" height=\"226\" data-bit=\"iit\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But when Rob Bresnahan and his staff were recently asked whether or not they support the investment in the Real Time Crime Center, they refused to answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DCCC Spokesperson Eli Cousin:<br \/>\u201cWhy does Congressman Rob Bresnahan refuse to stand with the brave men and women of the Scranton Police Department by declining to publicly support investments they need to keep the city safe? Is he too busy talking to his financial advisor about his stock portfolio?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scranton police chief\u00a0this week celebrated investment in a Real Time Crime Center\u00a0in the downtown area that will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-144405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}