Policing

The goal of the new law is to reduce racial profiling and use police resources more efficiently.

At a virtual town hall, the commission was hailed as the new watchdog the city needs.

The Minneapolis mayor has imposed a moratorium on no-knock warrants after Amir Locke was killed as a SWAT team carried out a search warrant in a downtown apartment.

Philadelphia’s City Controller is establishing a community council to assist in a review of the city’s police department.

Philadelphia’s District Attorney says homicides are down for the first time this year, and a new initiative is looking to help younger offenders take a path away from crime.

Willie Stokes' lawyers say that prosecutors at the time never disclosed they had charged his chief accuser with perjury after the trial.

Officers had stopped the vehicle on Tuesday night for several traffic violations when they saw what they believed was a gun, police said.

As homicides spike to a rate unseen in Philadelphia since the city began tracking murders, Philly DA Larry Krasner vows to focus on prosecuting gun crimes.

The officers had been responding to a call Friday about an argument between a woman and her adult son.

Wilmington City Council says the city’s police chief hasn’t done enough to improve diversity on the force.

The action came two days after the Delaware County DA filed charges in the August shooting death of the 8-year-old and the wounding of three others.

The Philadelphia Police Department’s iconic headquarters symbolizes police brutality to many. Now Philadelphians will have a chance to help guide its redevelopment.

In June 2020, Peter Fratus sent two emails to Outlaw’s official email, amid nationwide protests against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd.

Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced the charges in connection with the August incident after an Academy Park football game.

Authorities have identified a 44-year-old British national as the man who took four people hostage at a Texas synagogue for 10 hours.