Policing

Independent sources with knowledge of the situation have confirmed the identities of two of the Philadelphia police officers who are being fired.

The Group Violence Intervention program, used with success in other cities, offers social services to certain street-crime offenders instead of arrest.

Recent revelations of Philadelphia police sharing bigoted Facebook posts have stirred anger over a city police department that has paid out $18 million in misconduct suits.

A new effort is brewing between city and state officials to reboot the law enforcement strategy known as “focused deterrence” to reduce gun violence in Philadelphia.

The city says the change is necessary to protect officers' identities — and lets it keep up the pace of publishing despite a staff shortage.

Philly spent $25,000 to determine if police were exercising free speech or just blasting hate when they posted offensive comments on Facebook.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross announced Thursday that 13 officers will be terminated over violent or discriminatory Facebook posts.

Located at the corner of 8th and Poplar streets, the Forensic Science Center is the destination for nearly all criminal guns, weapons, drugs and other evidence collected.

Federal prosecutors will not charge a NYC police officer in the death of Eric Garner, closing another door for Garner's family and police reform activists.

Lawyers for rapper Meek Mill say if granted a new trial, he would not be convicted since prosecutors would not call the officer who testified in the first one.

Krasner filed a motion arguing the state has used the death penalty arbitrarily, thus violating protections against cruel punishments.

The disclosure of civilian complaints for officers in the scandalizing social media database is likely the largest records disclosure in department history.

Law-enforcement agencies across the country would be able to get funding for mental health resources, under legislation passed by Congress this week.

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross has vowed to fire some officers who made offensive Facebook posts. But whether those firings stick isn't up to him.

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.