Policing

After the MOVE bombing, the city of Philadelphia held some of the remains for 36 years. Then the answers kept changing, and things got infinitely worse.

After the murder conviction of Derek Chauvin, Black police officers in America are considering what's changed and what hasn't in the year since George Floyd's death.

Immigration activist Erika Almirón on why Philadelphia should not return to cooperating with ICE, something DA candidate Carlos Vega has said he will do.

The remains of people killed in the city’s 1985 MOVE bombing were found in a storage room by employees cleaning in preparation for a move.

A forthcoming report from the city’s Police Advisory Commission found that citizen complaints more often result in training and counseling for the accused officer.

The vote of support from Black police and first responder groups comes as police unions for the city’s police officers back Krasner’s challenger, Carlos Vega.

Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposed budget would flat-fund the department at $727 million.

The Department of Justice has loaned the NIBIN Mobile Unit to Philadelphia for at least three months.

All four officers are charged for their failure to provide Floyd with medical care. Chauvin was also charged in a second indictment, stemming from the arrest of a 14-year-old.

Just days after a state task force urged use of body cameras for all Delaware police officers, Wilmington police will start training on the cams next week.

The challenger has more union backing, while the incumbent has more pols in his corner.

The votes are a far cry from getting new laws enacted. But they signal consensus by legislators, citizens, and law enforcement that change is needed.

Cpl. Keith Heacook, 54, was declared "clinically dead" Wednesday at 12:48 p.m. at a Baltimore hospital, Delmar Police Chief Ivan Barkley said.

Police say Lymond Moses drove at a high rate of speed ‘directly’ at officers, but a lawsuit says bodycam footage undermines that account and shows officers were in no danger.

The City of Alameda, Calif. released body camera footage Tuesday showing the police encounter with Mario Gonzalez. He died after being pinned to the ground.