Policing
Man arrested in connection with deadly Bucks County house fire: Court documents
According to court documents, Julius Delick, 81, was killed in the blaze. He was found in a second-floor bedroom.
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Atlantic City, Pleasantville police to pilot a new approach to traffic stops this summer
The South Jersey police departments will participate in a Stockton University project to field test a concept known as “procedural justice” in the U.S. for the first time.
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Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright’s death
Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death in April in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb.
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Kenyatta calls for state of emergency on gun violence in Philadelphia
State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta on Thursday called on Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Jim Kenney to declare a state of emergency in Philadelphia.
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Mistrial declared again in hate crime case against former South Jersey police chief
This is the second time a jury has been deadlocked on the charges of hate crime assault and civil rights deprivation against former Bordentown Chief Frank Nucera Jr.
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Off-duty Philadelphia police officer shot multiple times
The shooting happened near the intersection of N. 13th and W. Pike streets in North Philadelphia.
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Jury begins deliberations in hate crime trial for former South Jersey police chief
A mostly white jury will decide whether Bordentown’s former police chief Frank Nucera slammed the head of a handcuffed teenager into a door jamb because he was Black.
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For cop who shot Daunte Wright, will ‘wrong gun’ plea work?
Legal experts say a conviction isn’t as certain as it might seem — at least on the most serious charge she faces, manslaughter.
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Hate crime trial for former N.J. police chief will go to the jury on Monday
The defense only called one witness, an FBI agent on the case who called it “atypical.” Federal prosecutors and Frank Nucera Jr.’s attorneys will give closing arguments on Mon
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Philly police dispatchers indicted for collecting pandemic unemployment, prosecutors say
Federal prosecutors say the employees fraudulently collected Pandemic Unemployment Assistance, while also collecting their city paychecks.
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After Wisconsin tragedy, Philly police are confident in their Thanksgiving Parade safety plan
After police say a man intentionally plowed through a crowd of holiday parade marchers in Wisconsin, Philly law enforcement say Thursday’s Thanksgiving event will be safe.
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Rev. Sharpton pushes for Delaware police accountability bill in Dover rally
Efforts to make police misconduct records more available to the public in Delaware got a boost from civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton Monday afternoon.
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Del. expands mandatory investigations of police use of force in cases of serious injury
A special division of the Attorney General’s Office was previously only required to investigate use of deadly force by police.
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Who investigates police killings in Pennsylvania, and why there are few checks and balances
Elected district attorneys who work closely with police decide whether officers should be charged and rarely refer cases to the state attorney general.
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Norristown’s pick for police chief is veteran Philadelphia inspector Derrick Wood
A longtime inspector for the Philadelphia Police Department, Wood will be tasked with leading officers in the diverse Montgomery County seat.
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