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Officers with the Philadelphia Police Department who came upon a confrontation between a pedestrian and a motorist were forced to shoot one of the men involved when he refused repeated commands to drop an edged weapon he was holding.
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Four people—a woman, two children, and an officer with the Philadelphia Police Department—were injured in a multi-vehicle collision on Monday.
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Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the man accused of killing off-duty Officer Calvin Hall during an argument in the early morning hours of July 14. Hall died July 17—three days after he was shot.
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Richard Ross—the commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department—has resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment and racial and gender discrimination against others in the department.
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An eight-year-old girl from Lebanon County, PA, visited three Philadelphia Police Department districts on Monday with the aim of delivering to them blue and black bracelets she made by hand to honor police officers.
Read More →The investigation into the hours-long standoff during which six Philadelphia police officers were shot is expected to take months to complete.
Read More →The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Thursday slammed Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner for creating a "culture of disrespect" that he believes led to the shooting of six Philadelphia police officers on Wednesday.
Read More →A number of Philadelphia-based athletes and sports teams sent messages of support on social media to the Philadelphia Police Department after six officers were shot during a gun battle and standoff Wednesday in the Nicetown-Tioga section of the City of Brotherly Love.
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To end a lengthy Philadelphia standoff that left six officers shot and wounded, Police Commissioner Richard Ross used some "unorthodox" tactics, including speaking directly with the suspect.
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In 2008, he was convicted of escaping, fleeing from police, and resisting arrest. Along the way, he beat criminal charges on everything from kidnapping to attempted murder.
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