Policing

The New Castle County officer faces charges in connection with use of excessive force inside the holding area at police headquarters in August.

SEPTA’s police force will begin working longer hours in an effort to prevent crime over the holidays on the mass transit system.

Commissioner Danielle Outlaw didn’t quite shut the door on rumors she’ll become the top cop in New York.

The Pa. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the question, which arose during the criminal prosecution of ex-PPD officer Ryan Pownall for fatally shooting David Jones.

The audit revealed several discrepancies that required further investigation, a PPD spokesperson said.

Students and community organizers say there needs to be more transparency about the number of mental health professionals and police officers in schools.

After two mistrials, legal analysts say the federal government must decide whether it will pursue a new trial against the former police chief of Bordentown Township.

According to court documents, Julius Delick, 81, was killed in the blaze. He was found in a second-floor bedroom.

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.

Kim Potter is charged with manslaughter in Wright’s death in April in Brooklyn Center, a Minneapolis suburb.

State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta on Thursday called on Gov. Tom Wolf and Mayor Jim Kenney to declare a state of emergency in Philadelphia.

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.

The shooting happened near the intersection of N. 13th and W. Pike streets in North Philadelphia.

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.

Legal experts say a conviction isn’t as certain as it might seem — at least on the most serious charge she faces, manslaughter.