Policing

A man barricaded himself in a unit at the Sterling Apartment Homes as police responded to a shooting

Since November alone, about 1,800 vehicles were reported stolen across the city, the police department says. About one-third of them had keys left inside.

10% of the vehicles were recovered — but the city won’t say how many went missing in the first place.

Officers said they found the man lying between cars in a pharmacy parking lot and were told he had been given an overdose reversal drug.

When asked what kind of new recruits she wants to attract, Philly’s new Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said, “Thinkers, doers — the gamut.”

She’s the first modern Philly police leader to forgo the formal procedure.

A look at why the Philly Police Department has long been understaffed and struggled to attract a diverse workforce. Its latest recruiting class was small and mostly white.

The PPD told City Council nine officers had left before being dismissed. The count is now up to 11.

The old system was expensive, and its coverage was so spotty that police and other first responders couldn’t rely on it for communication.

Camden teenagers Sincere Howard and Shirleen Caban were victims of a double murder in April of 2019. No one has been arrested.

As details of federal charges against him and his wife come into focus, the Philadelphia councilmember writes them off as insulting and overzealous.

Officials said they dismantled a Philadelphia-based gun ring that peddled weapons and drugs in Camden.

We discuss advances in facial recognition and surveillance technology and what it means for our privacy and civil liberties.

Year after year, according to the reports, troopers were roughly two to three times more likely to search black or Hispanic drivers than white drivers.

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories. Or roads.