Policing

PPD Commissioner Outlaw acknowledged conditions are “not ideal.”

The city is not releasing how many have tested positive, but Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw is not among them.

Long before the coronavirus pandemic reached Philadelphia, advocates were on the front lines of another crisis: gun violence.

State police and other officials now have the power to order “non-life-sustaining” businesses to close. They say so far, they haven’t really had to use it.

“It's not like you can go out and arrest a bad guy and stop a problem. That's not going to stop this,” the police chief in Scranton said.

Cpl. James O’Connor was shot twice while police served an arrest warrant in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.

Authorities allege that a Philadelphia police officer shot and killed as he served a homicide warrant last week was gunned down by the man being sought on the warrant.

Officers can make exceptions if they think someone would “pose a threat” to public safety.

The funeral for Cpl. James O'Çonnor IV will be held at noon Friday at the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter and Paul in Philadelphia.

The department said it will review the possibility of allowing families and prisoner advocates to resume visits after 14 days. 

Chief Inspector Carl Holmes was arrested in October after an investigating grand jury recommended criminal charges against the veteran officer.

In 2015, Philly police Sergeant Robert Wilson III attempted to thwart an armed robbery. Five years after his death, his friends and family honor his legacy.

During a hearing on Thursday, more than a dozen police officers testified about taking fire — and cover — during the hourslong standoff in Tioga.

Before Wednesday's announcement, troopers could have tattoos, as long as they were not visible to the public.

A senior judge will review whether the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office should step down from the latest appeal of former death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.