Policing

The department’s directive hasn’t been updated since Blackberrys were a thing.

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.

Several of the officers named in the Facebook database, compiled by a group called the Plain View Project, have been targets of multiple misconduct probes in the past.

The Philadelphia NAACP is calling for the city police department to fire officers who are found to have posted racist, violent, or offensive content on social media.

Claire DeMatteis was senior counsel to Joe Biden when he was a U.S. Senator. Now she is Gov. Carney’s nominee to to lead Delaware’s prison system.

A recent report collected racist and violent posts made by more than 300 Philadelphia police officers, and the department has launched an internal investigation.

Hate speech from armed government employees endangers us all.

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is reviewing a database of offensive social media comments posted by city cops to look for evidence of bias.

Murders and shootings are up in Philly over this time last year. The police department will deploy dozens of additional officers to patrol the streets this summer.

The chief of the San Francisco Police Department, Bill Scott, issued an apology Friday for a recent raid on the home of a freelance journalist.

One bright spot is that more good tips are coming in from the public and state or local police, the majority of which are "spot on," the FBI official said.

Philadelphia Police have made an arrest in the Sunday morning murder of a popular longtime transgender rights advocate.

The plainclothes Philadelphia detective shot a panhandler when the man approached the officer’s unmarked car. The wounded panhandler is allegedly developmentally disabled.

Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey has reintroduced the Thin Blue Line Act. Some say it will bring justice for slain cops. Others think it’s an empty political gesture.