Policing

Police are investigating the mailed arson threats — which BLM confirms it definitely did not send.

Thirty-five people were shot in Philly over the weekend, leaving communities on edge and residents to keep children inside and avoid their stoops.

Philadelphia’s incoming managing director Tumar Alexander says preventing violence is his top priority and brings more diplomatic style than Brian Abernathy.

All the proposals were drawn from the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which passed the U.S. House and awaits deliberation in the Senate.

Newly released officer-worn body camera video is giving a fuller view of the tense scene in which George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.

Before this year’s national attention on the deadly use of chokeholds by police in the George Floyd case, Delaware law was silent on the practice. It’s now banned.

Nearly one year to the day after the standoff, a judge ordered Maurice Hill to stand trial on additional counts of attempted murder and aggravated assault.

Amidst a rising tide of gun violence, city officials are hoping residents will anonymously turn in any guns they find or don't want at two church locations Saturday.

While police brass tried to shed light on what drives the violence, Philly councilmembers and residents expressed weariness with more hearings, little action.

As Philadelphia's homicide rate increases, we'll examine what is driving the increase, and what new solutions there might be to this epidemic.

Months of protests urged prosecutors and police to support criminal justice reform. But court records show a different path.

During nationwide Black Lives Matter protests, law enforcement agencies have increasingly been using tear gas — traditionally used as a measure of last resort — offensively.

Residents near Philly’s colleges and universities have long complained of racial profiling by campus police, who are less accountable to the public.

“This kind of rapid response from legislators, on this type of issue particularly, is not something I’ve ever seen previously."

The instances spanned 40 states and D.C., and allege excessive force by state and local police, and National Guard troops and federal agents against racial justice protesters.