Policing

Mayor Parker’s plan to revive the neighborhood follows decades of failed efforts.

Since the escape and manhunt of convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante, Howard Holland has been tasked with improving prison safety and community connections.

Prosecutors said Friday that the 15- and 16-year-old youths arrested after the April 10 gunfire at Clara Muhammad Square will be charged as adults.

A survey released by the Police Executive Research Forum shows more officers were hired in 2023 than in any of the previous four years.

Pownall was charged with shooting Jones, who was pulled over while riding a dirt bike. A judge threw out the case in 2020.

The officers involved in this shooting are being placed on administrative duty pending the outcome of the investigation.

Prosecutors have said that Sidiero was on the ground and unarmed when Mendoza fired the fatal shot.

For many Philadelphians, gun violence has become a part of life.

The goal is to collaborate with other law enforcement agencies involved in this work as well.

Officers said in a press conference that both attacks seem to be completely random.

The goal is to streamline the paperwork process and add high-tech criminology and even drones to help those on patrol.

The March arrest tally is one of the lowest of Joe Biden's presidency after a record high of nearly 250,000 in December.

The public service vet inherits an ailing city department facing a troubling vacancy rate and funding woes.

Martin Devlin, Manuel Santiago and Frank Jastrzembski are accused of lying under oath at the 2016 retrial of a man the jury exonerated in a 1991 rape and murder.

The chase involved officers from New Castle County and Wilmington, as well as state police from Delaware and Pennsylvania.