After Wallace shooting, Philly police seek $14 million for Tasers while overtime costs pile up
The PPD says it can't afford to outfit officers with stun guns. Meanwhile, OT has ballooned 40%.
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Philly police rebuffed offers from crisis response center to work together, director says
The department has a clear “disconnect” in terms of mental health resources, Commissioner Outlaw said.
A parade of promises at West Philly community meeting, and Walter Wallace’s family walks out
“We are not at war,” said the police commissioner, a day after two officers shot and killed a Black man.
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Everything we know about the police killing of West Philly’s Walter Wallace Jr.
The 27-year-old was shot dead in front of his mother and neighbors.
Trailer truck sliced open on Kelly Drive shouldn’t have been there anyway
This kind of crash happens around twice a year on the scenic route.
Ballot question: Should Philly constitutionally abolish ‘stop and frisk’ — and would it make a difference?
The charter amendment is largely symbolic.
Police misconduct in Philadelphia: Unsealed records name the city’s most cited cops
Even if officers assault civilians, they rarely face repercussions — and sometimes get promoted, newly released documents show.
Philly police took photos of protesters’ tattoos, a surveillance tactic, before issuing simple tickets
A PPD spokesperson says the situation is under internal review — and the records will be destroyed.
Mayor Kenney’s second-in-command to resign over police reform efforts
Managing Director Brian Abernathy has been the target of protests calling for his resignation.
Accurately tracking Philly’s gun violence epidemic depends on one guy named Gary
The city’s crime data recording system is “a rustic operation,” per the PPD.
Philly police held protesters overnight at decommissioned, ‘inhumane’ House of Corrections
Nearly 50 people were locked in the shuttered jail two years after city officials deemed it unfit for human life.
Some Philly police aren’t wearing masks, and the city won’t enforce the rule
Face coverings have been shown to be an effective tool in fighting the pandemic’s spread.
Philly police punished for offensive Facebook posts are trying to get their jobs back — and so are those who voluntarily resigned
The civilian Police Advisory Commission says it’s been stonewalled trying to investigate.
Kenney, Outlaw admit they were wrong about 676 protest tear-gassing, officers involved to be fired
The deputy in charge that day took a voluntary demotion, and there’s now a moratorium on tear gas use by Philly police.
It’s the first year fireworks are legal in Philly, and police have gotten nearly 1,000 complaints
Mayor Kenney signed the law allowing their use on July 3, 2019.
University City has 5 overlapping police patrols, so Black students and neighbors walk cautiously
The area between Mantua and Kingsessing is inundated with local law enforcement.
‘There’s gonna be looting,’ police warned white Fishtowners, showing a close-knit relationship that plays out across Philly
The city has received a high volume of misconduct complaints since the protests began.
South Philly police captain removed after Columbus statue protests, amid larger PPD shakeup
Capt. Louis Campione has been on the force for 43 years.
Fundraiser for Black trans woman murdered in Philadelphia sees surging support
Dominique "Rem’mie" Fells was 27 years old when she was killed.
10 times Philly police were in the national spotlight for bad behavior
In one 2015 incident, officers were cleared in the killing of a Black man pulled over for a traffic violation.