Policing
3 Arkansas police officers suspended after video captures beating
The video shows one officer punching the suspect with a clenched fist, while another can be seen hitting the man with his knee.
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Bonus Interview: Albert Woodfox’s decades in solitary confinement
Albert Woodfox died this month at the age of 75. In 2019, we talked about solitary confinement in US prisons and the mental and physical effects on incarcerated people.
Air Date: August 20, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Activists demand full report on Fanta Bility shooting
After a grand jury investigation, three Sharon Hill police officers were arrested in January and charged with manslaughter and reckless endangerment.
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‘Justice served’: Delaware sets new policies to test rape exam kits, speed up investigations
Delaware cleared a backlog of 1,235 kits in 2020, leading to the arrest of nine suspects. A new policy sets timelines to have kits tested.
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FBI, Homeland Security warn about threats to law enforcement after Trump search
The agencies issued the joint intelligence bulletin on Friday, days after federal agents executed a search warrant at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla.
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Penn State spent half a million dollars on police overtime at football games in 2021
Local police officers make double their hourly rate when working overtime at Penn State football games, a cost the university reimburses.
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‘It’s going to be hard’: Philly’s Roundhouse presents redevelopment challenge
A complicated history and challenging location face potential developers of the soon-to-be-empty Police Administration Building.
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Police say Delaware man crashed his car and killed himself near the U.S. Capitol
Police say a man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself.
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Coming to Philly this fall: Bike lane patrol officers
WHYY student interns Noel Chacko and Zora Ball explain how the Philadelphia Parking Authority plans to tackle illegal parking in bike lanes.
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Nebraska cops used Facebook messages to investigate an alleged illegal abortion
The Nebraska case shows how police may rely on digital communications to investigate abortions in states where they're illegal.
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Judge reinstates 3rd-degree murder charges in I-95 crash that killed Pa. troopers, pedestrian
A judge has reinstated third-degree murder charges against the woman accused of killing two Pennsylvania state troopers and a pedestrian in a crash earlier this year on Inters
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Delco murder suspect arrested in North Carolina, girlfriend found safe: Police
Dahmier Harmon, 26, was taken into custody without incident by police in Fayetteville.
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Feds charge 4 police officers in fatal Breonna Taylor raid
Federal charges against former officers Joshua Jaynes, Brett Hankison and Kelly Goodlett, along with Sgt. Kyle Meany were announced by U.S. Attorney Merrick Garland.
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Philadelphia mayor says the city will ‘plug along’ on prevention as shootings spike
Philadelphia Police Department representatives said they’re recruiting more officers and trying to increase presence in areas impacted by gun violence.
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‘Mad or nah?’: As shootings persist, Philly officials weigh stop-and-frisk
As the city continues to deal with a frightful gun violence crisis, some city officials have floated the idea of revisiting stop-and-frisk.
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