
Policing
N.J. county defends ICE agreement after rebuke from state AG
Forty out of nearly 8,000 inmates processed at the county jail in 2018 were found to be undocumented immigrants and turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
6 years ago
Philadelphia police say officer appears to have killed wife, then self
Philadelphia police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving a 39 year-old officer with the department and his estranged wife.
6 years ago
DHS Inspector General finds ‘dangerous overcrowding’ in border patrol facilities
The report comes amid growing outrage over detention conditions for migrants
6 years ago
Two friends touched by Philly graduation party shooting organize Stand 4 Peace
Two friends touched by last month’s shooting at a graduation party in Southwest Philly organized a rally that drew 50 people, including city officials.
6 years ago
Philadelphia will fire some Facebook cops. Here’s why they’ll get their jobs back.
Mayors and police commissioners have been trying to reform the arbitration process for more than half a century.
6 years ago
Police body cameras can help officers and suspects, so why don’t more Pa. departments have them?
“You need to say if we do this, this is the commitment we would have to make financially."
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White supremacist sentenced to life in prison for deadly Charlottesville car attack
An avowed white supremacist who drove his car into a crowd of anti-racism protesters during a white nationalist rally has been sentenced to life in prison on hate crime charge
6 years ago
ACLU says Pa. police are improperly racially profiling and detaining drivers
The Pennsylvania chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is suing state police for, it says, illegally turning drivers over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
6 years ago
72 Philadelphia police officers placed on desk duty over offensive social media posts
Police officials in Philadelphia are describing the action as the largest removal of officers from the street in recent memory.
6 years ago
Making communities safer takes more than changing policing
What can a 4-year-old do that would make police pull guns on her pregnant mother?
6 years ago
After three mass shootings in a year, Trenton searching for solutions to gun violence
The recent bloodshed, including five homicides in May, has only deepened the resignation some residents feel toward gun violence in their city.
6 years ago
As Pa. budget talks progress, Wolf renews request for new state police fee
About half the commonwealth's municipalities and 20 percent of its population would be affected.
6 years ago
Expunging your marijuana conviction in N.J. could get easier
The New Jersey Legislature has approved an expungement bill for marijuana.
6 years ago
Philly PD social media policy: Here’s every rule officers’ Facebook posts may have violated
The department’s directive hasn’t been updated since Blackberrys were a thing.
6 years ago
Hundreds protest at Philly police HQ, call for action on intolerant Facebook posts
Hundreds showed up at Philadelphia Police headquarters on Friday for a protest calling for a response to the city officers allegedly linked to hateful Facebook posts.
6 years ago