Policing
Official: Long lockdowns can ratchet up tension among prisoners
When a facility goes into lockdown, it usually means the few freedoms inmates have go away.
6 years ago
Decision on Abu-Jamal’s right to file new appeal in murder conviction must wait
Supporters hope Mumia Abu-Jamal will get a new trial in the murder of Philadelphia police Officer Daniel Faulkner due to what they say is a prosecutorial conflict of interest
6 years ago
Pa. locks down all prisons after a surge in staff illnesses
Pa.'s state prisons are on lockdown after staff members required treatment in recent weeks from exposure to a yet-unidentified substance described as a liquid synthetic drug.
6 years ago
N.J. town begins plainclothes police patrol to combat beach drinking
6 years ago
Philly detective under review after racially charged note emerges
Commissioner Richard Ross says the language in the note left taped over a work station's trash can was 'deeply concerning.'
6 years ago
The School Shootings That Weren’t
How many times per year does a gun go off in an American school? We should know. But we don't.
6 years ago
Low turnout for Blue Lives Matter march, while arrests made at counter protest
More officers than demonstrators were at the Blue Lives Matter rally that took place at the Liberty Bell.
6 years ago
State prisons make changes after staff mysteriously sickened
Pennsylvania's state prison system is tightening security and revamping procedures after 18 staff members were treated at hospitals for exposure to a yet-unidentified substanc
6 years ago
All 3 suspects wanted in ambush shooting of police arrested
The remaining two men sought in connection with the ambush shooting of two New Jersey police detectives earlier this month have been arrested.
6 years ago
Inmates plan to hold 2-week strike at prisons across U.S.
Inmates at prisons across the U.S. are expected to stage a two-week strike beginning Tuesday to demand better living conditions and prison reform.
6 years ago
A historian on the Rizzo debate: ‘It comes down to what statues do’
Controversy surrounding the 10-foot-tall statue of former Mayor Frank Rizzo across from City Hall has rekindled in recent weeks
6 years ago
Police arrest 1 of 3 men charged in ambush shooting of Camden police detectives
Police said Saturday night that they arrested Juan Figueroa without incident in Gloucester City, N.J.
6 years ago
Three men face charges in ambush shooting of Camden police detectives
Still at large, the suspects are considered to be extremely dangerous, police say
6 years ago
Weinberg mulls legislation to reverse N.J. Supreme Court decision on dash cam footage
The bill would not force police departments to use dash and body cameras. It would require that any dash and body camera videos that are made be available to the public.
6 years ago