Policing

A Pennsylvania police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager has been charged with criminal homicide.

Family members of Sgt. Robert Wilson III were told late Friday about the plea deal for brothers Carlton Hipps and Ramone Williams that offered life plus 50 to 100 years.

Funeral services were held on Monday for a teenager shot and killed by police when he fled a traffic stop near Pittsburgh last week.

Mary Catherine Roper of the ACLU of Pennsylvania gives the new policy a B-minus.

In a major win for privacy rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Friday that police must obtain a search warrant in order to get access to cellphone location information.

The negative effect on African-Americans’ mental health peaked in the month after a police killing, and it dissipated after three months.

To ensure the safety of visitors to New Castle County parks, police officers are cracking down on their enforcement of the county’s dog off-leash code.

City officials are concerned because, nearly every year, Philadelphia taxpayers are on the hook for about $10 million total to settle claims of police abuse and misconduct.

The city of Wilmington has launched an online crime mapping program aimed at improving transparency, and the police department’s interaction with the public.

Two months after two black men were arrested at a Center City Starbucks, the Philadelphia Police Department has a new policy for handling ...

The Philadelphia Police Department updated its policy on when to arrest people accused of trespassing on private property.

Wildwood police said on its Facebook page that 20-year-old Emily Weinman of Philadelphia faces multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

Thirty-four Camden County Jail inmates have been tapped to participate in the Co-Occurring Reentry Program for those with mental health and substance use problems.

The guidelines lay out how long the footage should be stored but leave the question of when to activate cameras up to individual agencies.

This time next week, Philadelphia police will officially shut down half of the homeless encampments in Kensington, ground zero of the city’s opioid epidemic.