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Policing

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Community
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Philly police officer, homeowner shot during robbery investigation; 2 officers hurt in crash

Two officers were injured during a crash while transporting the robbery suspect.

4 years ago

File photo of Frank Nucera, former police chief of Bordentown Township. (6abc)
Courts & Law

Feds drop hate crime charges against ex-Bordentown Police Chief Frank Nucera Jr.

Nucera had been accused of hate crime assault and depriving the civil rights of a Black teenager during a 2016 incident. Two separate juries deadlocked on those counts.

4 years ago

This photo from the Attorney General's report shows the Officer Roberto Ieradi's body camera footage of his fourth and fatal shot of Lymond Moses. (State of Delaware)
Courts & Law

Delaware attorney general won’t prosecute two police officers who killed Lymond Moses

Attorney General Kathy Jennings’ report criticized officers’ training and police policies, but said prosecuting the two who shot Moses was not justified under the law.

4 years ago

(6abc)
Community
6abc

Officials: Police-involved shooting leaves 1 man dead in Vineland, New Jersey

Officials say one officer of the Vineland Police Department fired his service weapon, fatally wounding an unidentified male.

4 years ago

The state Capitol building in Harrisburg.
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania Senate moves to overhaul probation system

The bill aims to limit the length of probation sentences and the circumstances under which a non-violent offender on probation can be sent to jail.

4 years ago

Two plainclothes SEPTA police officers responded to the scene and confronted a homicide suspect, police said. (6abc)
Community
6abc

Homicide suspect on the run after exchanging gunfire with SEPTA officers

Police were called to the 3100 block of Kensington Avenue around 4 p.m. Wednesday for a death investigation.

4 years ago

Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin listens to verdicts at his trial in April for the 2020 death of George Floyd at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter charges in state court and is scheduled to be sentenced June 25.
Court TV via AP
Courts & Law

Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges in Floyd’s murder

Chauvin’s plea Wednesday means he will not face a federal trial in January, though he could end up spending more years behind bars when a judge sentences him at a later date.

4 years ago

A closeup of Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw
Courts & Law

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Outlaw won’t be leaving for top NYPD job

New York Mayor-elect Eric Adams instead chose Keechant Sewell to be the first woman to lead the nation’s largest police department.

4 years ago

Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier. (Bob Donaldson/Post-Gazette via Spotlight PA)
Courts & Law
Spotlight PA

District attorney consulted with Pennsylvania State Police before shooting, then ruled it justified

The fact that Lozier was involved in the decision to shoot, and then was the one to sign off on whether it was appropriate, has raised serious alarm among policing experts.

5 years ago

In this July 25, 1995 file photo, Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a policeman, arrives at Philadelphia's City Hall.  (Nanine Hartzenbusch/AP Photo, File)
Courts & Law

40 years after Mumia Abu-Jamal’s arrest, the case is ‘a symbol’ of a ‘broken’ justice system

Supporters of both Abu-Jamal and slain police officer Daniel Faulker agree the criminal justice system is "broken" — for very different reasons.

5 years ago

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PPD Commissioner Danielle Outlaw addresses the media alongside a group of other state and local leaders
Community

Philadelphia police officials say they’re improving community policing as homicides soar

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw says the Philadelphia Police Department is working to address record numbers of homicides.

5 years ago

New Castle Delaware police car
Courts & Law

Delaware police officer faces charges in attack on 16-year-old girl

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

5 years ago

The El is pictured at Huntingdon Septa station
Urban Planning

As crime levels spike, SEPTA police shift into overtime gear

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

5 years ago

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw speaks into a microphone, wearing a mask and standing behind a podium.
Courts & Law

Police Commissioner Outlaw says rumors she is resigning to go to NYPD are ‘out of control’

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

5 years ago

Isaac Gardner speaks while holding up a photo of David Jones
Courts & Law

Justices take up Pa.’s deadly force rules for police officers

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.

5 years ago

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