A mysterious locked-room death in Manayunk eight years ago still confounds family and forensic experts today

Tainted Philly cops are often diverted to monitor security cameras at a Homeland Security facility in South Philly — a practice that has critics worried

What we know about the West Philly police shooting of an Ethiopian immigrant

The DA's office has launched an investigation into the shooting of 25-year-old Kelab Belay.

Philly’s Ethiopian community is rallying behind the Temple student killed by police Wednesday night

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Who’s Next

Nominate someone for Billy Penn Who’s Next: First Responders

We’re looking for people under the age of 40 who go above and beyond when emergency strikes.

Jailhouse phone transcripts and court documents shed light on the disturbing sexual assault case against ex-Philly homicide cop Philip Nordo

Philly police on that creepy Fairmount letter: ‘Report it, whatever it is’

Hey M. Night Shyamalan, your next project is calling.

Philly government agencies are Extremely Online

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A Philly police officer is under investigation after video surfaced showing him pulling a handcuffed woman by the hair

Philly cops still abandon drivers on side of the road, in violation of ‘Live Stop’ policy

On MLK Day, a Northwest Philly dad found himself left in the cold with his two kids.

Krasner’s DAO

Amid a corruption probe, criminal cases built by an ex-Philly homicide detective are falling apart — and more are likely to come

A longtime PPD officer is suing the department over alleged discrimination because he’s Italian-American

Black drivers in Northwest Philly are more than three times as likely to be searched than white drivers, per a new analysis

Five stars for PECO? The best bad Yelp reviews of Philly’s public agencies

"The best damn utility this side of the ol’mississip."

A Philly homicide detective is under investigation after allegedly being caught in a sex act in his car — and calling the man who filmed it a racial slur

A judge reinstated Mumia Abu-Jamal’s right to appeal his 1982 conviction for murder of a Philly police officer

After a year that saw Philly’s murder rate spike, the police captain in charge of homicide has been transferred

INBOX: Mayor Kenney is pissed at Councilwoman Blackwell for stalling the sale of the scuttled police HQ building in West Philly

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Two Jewish police officers in Philly are suing the department for a pattern of anti-Semitic treatment, including Nazi vandalism and ethnic slurs

Philadelphia said it was ending the controversial practice of civil asset forfeiture, but law enforcement has ramped up its car seizures