Policing

Police believe a man charged in a series of machete attacks last month is also responsible for a 2003 murder and several sexual assaults near Fairmount Park.

Additional details about the suspect's identity have not yet been released.

Officials now say the tentative agreement will go to both the FOTP and the SEPTA Board for approval.

About 170 workers walked off the job Wednesday, the officer union’s first strike since 2019.

“[Safety is] paramount to us. But we're not here to get taken advantage of,” said union leadership following Wednesday’s strike vote.

In November, FOTP rejected an offer from SETPA that would’ve increased wages by 13% over three years and included a $3,000 signing bonus.

For one of the officers, this is his second time being shot in the line of duty.

The six-day seminar in October 2021 was conducted by a New Jersey-based law enforcement training company called Street Cop.

The U.S. Marshals have joined the effort now that it's been more than a day since Gino Hagenkotter was last in custody.

When the FBI developed its program to collect hate crime data, it included a category for anti-Arab incidents. But this code was dropped, masking the scale of the problem.

The goal of the ban is to cut down on violent crime committed by those wearing masks to conceal their identities.

The man being sought has been identified as 34-year-old Gino Hagenkotter.

Smith acknowledged having helped others flip a vacant Philadelphia police car over outside City Hall on May 31, 2020.

A new deadline has been set for Dec. 13 to decide on a new agreement or go on strike.

The county’s new police accountability board aims to confront and address systemic issues within policing.