Feds Indict Six Narcotics Officers for Extortion, Kidnapping, and More
By Dustin Slaughter and Joshua Albert From February 2006 to December 2012, six members of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Narcotics…
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City Officials Fight Release of Suspicious Activity Reporting
By Dustin Slaughter The Philadelphia Police Department and city solicitor Shelley Smith’s office are refusing to release documents pertaining to…
ACLU: Philly cops continue to arrest civilians for lawful photography
By Daniel Denvir (City Paper) – The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania today filed its latest lawsuit accusing Philadelphia…
Beating Your Six Year Old Child with a Belt in a Park? It’s Legal in Pennsylvania
By Joshua Albert Typically, my Monday afternoons in Clark Park are supposed to be a pleasant experience. I blast Lil’…
DOJ, Police Advisory Commission to Hold Forum Thursday Night for Public Questions About Philly Police-Involved Shootings
The USDOJ Community-Oriented Police Services (COPS) office and the Police Advisory Commission (PAC) are inviting Philadelphians to a public forum…
The Murky Legality of Philadelphia Police Department’s License Plate Reader Program
By Dustin Slaughter The Philadelphia Police Department is using Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR), which enable patrol car mounted and…
Questions in police shooting of pizza delivery driver
By Aubrey Whelan and Mike Newall (Philly.com) – Philippe Holland’s last delivery of the night Tuesday, a cheeseburger deluxe to…
Philly Police Facing Recruitment Problems, Especially of African American Officers
Philadelphia’s Police Department has been on a year-long recruitment drive – you may have seen the billboards around the city…
Philly police to adopt sweeping interrogation reforms come Jan. 1
From The Daily News’ David Gambacorta This isn’t your average New Year’s resolution. Come Jan. 1, the Philadelphia Police Department…
How did reputed mob figure land major city contract in Philly?
RONALD GALATI, a South Philly fraudster and reputed mob associate at the center of a triple murder-for-hire investigation, has earned…
The Philly Declaration 