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Policing

Seal for the Philly DA's Office
Courts & Law

Philly DA sets up new unit focusing on repeat gun offenders

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

2 years ago

Police press conference
Courts & Law
6abc

Woman charged after 2 stabbed, including 1-year-old, in Center City

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

2 years ago

A close-up of a police car.
Courts & Law

Philly police want to jump on high-tech policing bandwagon

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

2 years ago

Sign on a border wall
Politics & Policy

U.S. border arrests fall in March, bucking seasonal trends amid increased enforcement in Mexico

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

2 years ago

Cherelle Parker at a podium smiling and pointing to the audience
Community

Mayor Parker introduces new prisons commissioner, who says he’s ready to fix jail system

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

2 years ago

Anthony Wright
Courts & Law

3 retired Philadelphia detectives to stand trial in perjury case stemming from 2016 exoneration

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.

2 years ago

car crash
Courts & Law

Man shot by police spurs chase through 2 states after stealing cruiser

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

2 years ago

Pro-bono attorneys Jeff Rosenthal, partner at Blank Rome and JPMorgan Chase's Mary McCullough work together on a pardon in West Philadelphia. (Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza/WHYY)
Community

Why a business coalition wants more employers to overlook criminal records in Philly

Advocates say too much talent is sitting on the sidelines because criminal records are holding some applicants back.

2 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

Police: 2 officers are hospitalized after crash in Fairmount Park

Officials say a police cruiser and another vehicle collided.

2 years ago

Timere Jones, right, carries a life-sized picture of his brother, Jameek Lowery
Courts & Law

A New Jersey man didn’t trust police but sought their help anyway. Two days later, he was dead

Paterson police repeatedly punched Jameek Lowery before putting him into an ambulance. He arrived unconscious at the hospital handcuffed to a gurney and died two days later.

2 years ago

SEPTA station with police tape
Courts & Law
6abc

Teen arrested for murder at SEPTA station has been cleared of wrongdoing, Philadelphia DA says

SEPTA surveillance video showed that he was not involved in the murder.

2 years ago

A Yeadon Borough Police Department vehicle
Courts & Law

Former Yeadon police chief reaches settlement with borough following discrimination suit

Former Yeadon police chief Anthony “Chachi” Paparo accused borough officials of firing him because he is white.

2 years ago

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New Philly Police officers take the oath of office as they stand on a stage.
Courts & Law

New police officers to hit the streets in Philly as city struggles to fill vacancies

The officers join Philly’s police department at a time when the Parker administration is rolling out safer streets initiatives.

2 years ago

Police academy training session
Courts & Law

Philly police face a hiring crisis. Some policies are being loosened to find more cadets

Philadelphia is already seeing the payoff of its amended fitness entry exam.

2 years ago

William Murphy
Courts & Law

Blind Wilmington man was wrongfully evicted, but judge dismisses his discrimination lawsuit

Constables put out William Murphy and his two daughters during a 2021 snowstorm under an order intended for a previous female tenant.

2 years ago

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