Policing

A look at why the Philly Police Department has long been understaffed and struggled to attract a diverse workforce. Its latest recruiting class was small and mostly white.

The PPD told City Council nine officers had left before being dismissed. The count is now up to 11.

The old system was expensive, and its coverage was so spotty that police and other first responders couldn’t rely on it for communication.

Camden teenagers Sincere Howard and Shirleen Caban were victims of a double murder in April of 2019. No one has been arrested.

As details of federal charges against him and his wife come into focus, the Philadelphia councilmember writes them off as insulting and overzealous.

Officials said they dismantled a Philadelphia-based gun ring that peddled weapons and drugs in Camden.

We discuss advances in facial recognition and surveillance technology and what it means for our privacy and civil liberties.

Year after year, according to the reports, troopers were roughly two to three times more likely to search black or Hispanic drivers than white drivers.

There are no restaurants in Toksook Bay, Alaska. No motels or movie theater, either. There also aren't any factories. Or roads.

Philadelphia police are hunting e-bikes as Indego works to make it harder to steal electric bikes from the city’s bike share system.

A resolution clearing the way was approved by Wilmington City Council. Questions about how to recruit a more diverse class delayed the step last fall.

Prior to her stint as commissioner, Christine Coulter was a three-star deputy commissioner heading organizational services and the highest-ranking woman in the department.

Former Officer Saqueta Williams appeared in “Free Meek” because she’s on the DA’s “Do Not Call” list.

The hourlong gun battle shook up the Lower Northeast neighborhood.

Pennsylvania state parole officers were serving the man a warrant for his arrest for violations of his parole.