Thirteen officers with the Philadelphia Police Department are likely to be terminated from their jobs over a series of inflammatory comments they shared on Facebook.
Read More →Acts of heroism happen all the time in big cities and small communities alike. Officers with departments of all sizes rise to the occasion on a daily basis to ensure the health and welfare of the civilians they serve.
Read More →“Regarding the investigation, we are investigating Officer Hall’s death as a homicide, and we are investigating the strong possibility, based on gathered evidence, that Officer Hall, who was off duty, was in fact acting under the color of the law when he was fatally shot,” Chief Scott Schubert said.
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An officer with the Pittsburgh (PA) Police Department was on his way to work when he was injured in a motorcycle crash on Monday.
Read More →An off-duty officer with the Pittsburgh (PA) Police department was shot and critically wounded early Sunday in the Homewood section of the city.
Read More →An off-duty Philadelphia police officer was injured in a traffic collision with another vehicle on Tuesday.
Read More →An officer with the Philadelphia Police Department reportedly killed his wife and then turned the gun on himself on Monday.
Read More →The merger of the Cheswick Borough and Springdale Township’s police departments in Pennsylvania will create the Allegheny Valley Regional Police Department—the first such merger in that state in nearly a half decade.
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The City of Pittsburgh (PA) River Rescue Unit has selected Lake Assault Boats to construct a 30-foot EMS river rescue vessel. "This new rescue vessel will respond to just about any emergency – from a medical situation on a river cruise ship, to a SWAT team's mission or a fire on a fishing boat," said Division Chief Raymond S. Everitt.
Read More →Vice President John McGrody of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 said, "I don't believe any Facebook posts merit firing, based on discipline that’s been handed out through the years."
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