Policing

The two Sacramento police officers whose fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year prompted nationwide protests will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced.

Numbers from the state Department of Corrections provide context for the breadth of the problem across Pennsylvania. Figures for the most recent year were released in February

Marty and her guests discuss the public testimony of former-Trump lawyer and confidant, Michael Cohen, and what it means for the President.

The latest effort by Gov. Tom Wolf to impose a fee on municipalities that rely on state troopers, instead of a local police force, is generating new conversations.

Advocates acknowledge that residents need their parking spots. But they argue when too many accommodations are made to the city’s “car culture,” pedestrians lose out.

The Philadelphia Police Academy’s new class visited the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis. Officers told them to be open to unconventional solutions.

A former Philadelphia police officer was arrested Tuesday on allegations he sexually assaulted male witnesses and suspects over his decade-plus career as a detective.

Wilmington police Cpl. Thomas R. Oliver Jr. allegedly extorted a woman into performing a sex act on him in his patrol car in October.

Attorneys argued over “accomplice liability” during closing arguments in a prison riot trial.

A violent arrest by a Philadelphia cop was filmed by a passer-by. Now, the woman intends to sue the department.
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A Philadelphia police-assisted diversion program has expanded to the epicenter of the opioid crisis. The goal is to provide services to some drug users — not to make arrests.

The state police just implemented a policy banning some of the most egregious behavior exposed in an investigation last year.

The incident came on the first day of Black History Month and as Virginians prepare for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to Jamestown.

A month after an extensive NJ.com investigation, state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal says he wants to improve how police departments track use-of-force incidents.

Philadelphia's Defender Association says cops pull over more African-American drivers in the 14th Police District than white ones. Is racial profiling to blame?