Lindsay Dragon, the executive director of a local support group Parenting Autism United, believes the ID cards will be especially beneficial for adults with autism who may not be aware of the harm they can cause in an interaction with police officers.
Read More →"He had a valid concealed-carry permit, he had a gun," Mercer County District Attorney Peter C. Acker said. "He went to where the police officer was and fired on the suspect."
Read More →The package was found by an employee around 7 a.m. The visitor center was reopened around 11 a.m. after police gave the all clear.
Read More →Officers were immediately met by gunfire when they arrived at the scene Wednesday afternoon and two Landowne-area officers were wounded. Officers from the Upper Darby Police Department dragged them to safety.
Read More →A shot was fired after a 10-person police team breached the first door of the home and started to enter the second door, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said.
Read More →"We're looking to get out there, get in the field with officers on foot and bikes," Captain John Walker said. "But, we can't do that if we don't have the people."
Read More →Leslie Marant, who began her job in April 2022, was fired by then-acting Commissioner John M. Stanford at a 10:30 a.m. meeting, who said that Bethel would be restructuring the department and would no longer need her services, a source said.
Read More →A toxicologist testified Webb had a blood alcohol content of .211, which is nearly three times the legal limit to drive, and had marijuana in her system at the time of the crash.
Read More →"Many of these officers feel they are hated and not respected and no one cares about them, but it's just not true. The community says, 'I want police in my community, I want constitutional policing, I want good policing.'"
Read More →Kevin Bethel, a former deputy commissioner and the current chief of school safety for the School District of Philadelphia, will be announced Wednesday as the next head of the 5,500-member force.
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