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Two troopers were ambushed outside a state police barracks in Blooming Grove, Pa., during a late-night shift change Friday, leaving one dead and another injured. The shooter is believed to be at large.
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Nobody should have ignored the disparaging percentages of men and women who pass the fitness testing to become a Pennsylvania State Police officer, but the problem may not be in the testing.
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The lawsuit said the use of the tests to screen and select the applicants for the entry-level positions amounted to a pattern of employment discrimination. Much greater percentages of male applicants than female applicants passed the physical fitness tests going back to 2003, it said.
Read More →Two men hijacked a white Jeep in northern Philadelphia on Friday, throwing its terrified owner into the back seat and careening into a group of people standing around a fruit cart. The fatal crash reportedly killed two children and severely injured three other people. Authorities are still hunting for the pair.
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The accused immediately denied it, but to no avail. Mitchell and the mosque's imam carried the accused down a flight of stairs to the backyard of the mosque.
Read More →Officers knocked on the door. The armed suspect answered the door and opened fire, triggering a gunfight.
Read More →A Chester, Pa., officer was wounded after a shootout during a domestic violence call. The suspect was killed by officers returning fire.
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Photos: Willistown Township (Pa.) PD Facebook page. Photos posted on the Facebook page of the Willistown Township Police Department's Sergeant Mike Martin and Patrol Officer Mike Kushner rescuing a mud-trapped dog.
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The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court ruled last week that police are allowed to search vehicles without a warrant. The split-decision from the Supreme Court allows police to conduct searches of cars based only on probable cause.
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Police told WNEP TV that Officer Steven Homanko, 25, lost control of the cruiser and hit a vehicle coming in the opposite direction.
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