Policing

According to the Action News data journalism team, the homicide rate is now up 8% from last year, which broke a somber record.

Bryant was killed in April by Columbus police officer Nicholas Reardon as she swung a knife at another young woman. Bryant was Black and Reardon is white.

The record-setting bust in southern Delaware resulted in 44 arrests and the seizure of more than 330,000 bags of heroin.

A Philadelphia cop who shot and killed a 12-year-old that allegedly shot at police will lose his job. Philadelphia’s police commissioner calls the shooting a tragedy.

The use of force is being questioned in the case of Philly police officers who shot and killed a 12-year-old after their car was fired upon last week.

The PPD says about 2,900 of the recording devices are in use, but plainclothes officers don’t wear them.

Officer James Pitts is accused of forcing a confession out of a man who couldn’t have been involved in the crime.

The jury on Thursday found Brett Hankison not guilty of three counts of wanton endangerment for firing shots that ripped into a neighboring apartment.

The Driving Equality Law was crafted after data confirmed these kinds of violations overwhelmingly affect Black drivers.

Police shot and killed a 12-year-old boy in South Philadelphia on Tuesday night after their unmarked police vehicle was struck by gunfire.

Officials say the 12-year-old was in possession of a stolen 9MM, semi-automatic handgun, recovered from the scene.

The investigation into former Patrolman Samuel Waters stemmed from a videotaped encounter inside a Southbridge store that went viral on social media.

Assemblyman Jay Webber (R-26) suggested that instead of implicit bias training, lawmakers should read the Declaration of Independence.

Police say a bullet pierced the window of Internal Affairs, nobody inside was injured.

One bill would require local police departments to hold at least two community roundtable discussions each year.