Policing

A friends group representing local civic associations wants to show appreciation for the officers who patrol the strip.

A woman who pleaded guilty to setting fire to police cars amid the 2020 racial justice protests in Philadelphia has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in federal prison.

Sharon Hill Borough has released its independent report into last year’s police shooting — and many of the most important details are being withheld.

The monthly prayer walk organized by the 14th District police took on extra meaning this week after a 7-year-old was caught in the crossfire of a shooting.

Cumberland and Salem counties in New Jersey are joining a program that seeks to disrupt or dismantle drug trafficking organizations in the region.

The jury found they deprived the 46-year-old Black man of medical care and failed to stop Derek Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes.

The defense is challenging whether the Delaware District Attorney’s Office produced enough evidence at the preliminary hearing to allow the case to go forward.

One of the two women to win a sexual harassment judgment against former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross talks about her healing process.

Authorities in Pennsylvania say a man has died after his pet boa constrictor wrapped itself around his neck.

A Philly teen suggests taking away her freedom under the new curfew law is not going to be the path to a safer city.

Marguerite Walz was part of a racist 1920s movement worried jazz would erode “decency” and encourage race-mixing and promiscuity.

The Pennsylvania Law Enforcement Accreditation Commission is set to meet on Tuesday.

Under the new law, licenses will not be issued to people convicted of crimes or active members of anti-government and hate groups.

The sentence was well below what prosecutors and Floyd’s family sought, and sparked anger from Floyd's family members.

Philadelphia City Council recently passed a stricter version of an existing juvenile curfew that requires older teens to be inside by 10 p.m. this summer.