Philly police face a hiring crisis. Some policies are being loosened to find more cadets

Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski were found guilty of lying during the 2016 retrial of Anthony Wright. Martin Devlin was acquitted of all charges.

The starting salary is $61,888, plus a $2,000 signing bonus.

Philly teens could simultaneously go to local colleges and learn to be police officers during the yet-to-launch cadet program, but it won’t be an easy sell with all youth.