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Lt. Tom McLean stands near a table, a half-dozen body camera options are displaued; officers sit and stand in the background
NewsWorks Tonight
Business
Philadelphia
Policing

Philly reaches $12.5M deal with Taser maker for police body cameras

How a savvy purchase of a cloud storage company helped the company behind Taser snag big contract for Philly police body cameras.

5 years ago

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US Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers the keynote address during the General Assembly of the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Philadelphia
National
Policing

At Philly police conference, AG Sessions vows to make combatting street gang MS-13 a 'priority'

Sessions said he would urge federal prosecutors to use whatever laws they can think of to “dismantle” the transnational criminal organization with an estimated 40,000 members.

5 years ago

New Castle County Police take Radee Prince into custody last October after his capture near Newark. (John Jankowski/for WHYY)
Delaware
Law
Public Safety

Maryland mass shooting suspect to be tried in Delaware first

The gunman accused of shooting five coworkers in Maryland, killing three of them, then shooting a sixth person in Wilmington will be tried in Delaware first.

5 years ago

Jojuan Powell got to spend Mother's Day with her 10-year-old son, Sufyan, because of the Mama's Bailout Day campaign
Income Inequality
Law
Policing

Philly activists raising money to bail poor defendants out of jail

A coalition of Philadelphia activists who want to end the city's longstanding cash bail system aren't waiting for the system to change.

5 years ago

Seth Williams
Dave Davies: Off Mic
Law
Philadelphia
Policing

Former Philly DA Seth Williams faces sentencing this week

Former Philadelphia DA Seth Williams will be sentenced Tuesday. Prosecutors want 5 years in prison.

5 years ago

Teams presented their ideas to use technology to help formerly incarcerated people return to their communities at a 'hackathon' in Philadelphia organized by The Reentry Project. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Safety
Social Justice

At Philly reentry ‘hackathon,’ using tech to drive down recidivism

About 35 volunteers spent their Saturday working together to harness the power of technology to help people coming out of prison rebuild their lives.

5 years ago

A warehouse covered in large grafiti art; In the foreground, a man shovels snow.
Public Spaces
Real Estate
Visual Arts

Court weighing whether graffiti mecca was protected by law

An attorney specializing in intellectual property said the case is significant because no lawsuit under the statute has been tried by a jury before.

5 years ago

Masked protesters march through the city streets
National
Philadelphia
Policing

At law enforcement conference in Philly, Sessions tells street criminals: ‘we are coming after you’

Sessions' speech went on without incident, but by mid-afternoon protesters that had gathered and marched through the city clashed with Philadelphia officers.

5 years ago

A woman at a podium
Philadelphia

Numbers racket busted in Philadelphia

A multi-million dollar gambling ring has been broken up in Philadelphia. Philadelphia police have arrested nine people and charged ...

5 years ago

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Law
Pennsylvania

Ex-prosecutor, Bruce Castor to sue Cosby accuser, alleging personal injury

An attorney for Bruce L. Castor says the personal-injury complaint will claim Andrea Constand sued Castor for defamation in 2015 so he would lose the prosecutor's race.

5 years ago

A profile photo of the former DA
Philadelphia

Ex-Philly DA Seth Williams disbarred

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court disbarred Philadelphia's former top prosecutor, the latest blow to the jailed ex-district attorney who pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal.

5 years ago

A bearded man at a podium
New Jersey
Public Health

Pharma, medical groups blast N.J. push to limit compensation to doctors

In a new push to fight the opioid crisis, New Jersey state officials are trying to stop the flow of legal but highly addictive painkillers at the source: doctors.

5 years ago

Radio Times
Books
Social Justice

James Forman Jr.’s “Locking Up Our Own”

Guest: James Forman, Jr. The American criminal justice system disproportionately affects people of color, and t ...

Air Date: October 20, 2017

Listen 48:59
New Castle County Police take Radee Prince into custody last October after his capture near Newark. (John Jankowski/for WHYY)
Delaware
Policing
Public Safety

Del. prosecutors dropped robbery case against rampage suspect in February

Radee Prince faced trial this February in a Delaware court for allegedly beating the owner of a used-car lot in Wilmington — the same man he is accused of shooting Wednesday.

5 years ago

A white female, 25-35 years of age, 5’5″ tall, with a large build, long brown hair, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black leggings and carrying a yellow blanket.
Delaware

Woman wanted in connection with Delaware Wawa carjacking

Delaware State Police released surveillance video of a woman wanted in connection with a carjacking at a Wawa convenience store in Claymont.

5 years ago

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