Police Department honors slain officer

    By: Tom MacDonald

    Members of the Philadelphia Police Department are gathered at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for the funeral of an officer slain in the line of duty. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports.

    By: Tom MacDonald
    tmacdonald@whyy.org

    Members of the Philadelphia Police Department are gathered at the Cathedral-Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul for the funeral of an officer slain in the line of duty. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports. [audio: reports20090220funeral.mp3]

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