Policing

Police spread out across Philadelphia to join with residents for National Night Out events with the goal of fighting crime.

National Night Out, now in its 38th year, aims to bring together the police and the communities they serve.

“Operation Priority Takedown” was initiated amid a historic surge in gun violence in Philadelphia.

The three-month project will require police officers to first ask people to stop engaging in prohibited behavior before they question or detain someone.

ACT UP, which organizes weekly housing protests near Mayor Kenney’s Old City apartment, said this was the first to be dispersed by law enforcement.

Philadelphia’s district attorney wants the state’s highest court to alter the instructions jurors hear before rendering verdicts in cases where police use deadly force.

Police say the men were caught after an operation was carried out by a concerned citizens group affiliated with Colorado Ped Patrol, whose members pose as underage children.

The program dispatches mental health specialists and paramedics instead of police for certain nonviolent emergency calls has resulted in more people accepting assistance.

The event comes as Philadelphia City Council considers a bill that would bar police from pulling over people solely for minor traffic violations.

Gov. John Carney has signed off on a statewide police camera program that Delaware lawmakers unanimously approved last month.

The Superior Court’s chief judge agreed with the attorney general that the ex-chief’s actions amounted to an ‘infamous crime’ that barred him from office.

A jury still found two Pa. constables guilty on a lesser charge: failing to disclose wages they made while working on behalf of Energy Transfer.

Marty Watson had just put gas in her tank when the episode started. Police have not responded to a request for comment.

The effort was called Operation 24/7, with more than a dozen agencies targeting online child predators in the Garden State.

The unusual request is the beginning of a potentially long legal process that has delayed the trial of the first on-duty Philly officer charged with murder in nearly 20 years.