Policing

Federal, state and local officials framed the announcement as a step in Philadelphia’s effort to stem a rising tide of gun violence and homicides.

City police said the person was in serious condition and being treated at a hospital. Local media identified the man as 29-year-old Jacob Blake.

After drawing national headlines for the way Camden police have built trust with residents, recent incidents show residents standing up to officers.

The city has some pieces of a public health strategy in place, but experts and community leaders say it needs to do more to quell gun violence long term.

The report cleared Milford police officers Nigel Golding and Brandon Karpin of criminal wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of Brandon Roberts, 27.

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.