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NewsApril 11, 2025

All Pennsylvania State Police Troopers Now Wearing Body Cameras

Officials said the cameras will also improve evidence collection, preparation of reports or court testimony, and training of cadets and troopers.

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NewsJune 25, 2024

Pennsylvania State Police Distributing Informational Card to Autistic People

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.

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NewsSeptember 13, 2023

Escaped Murderer Captured by Pennsylvania State Police and CBP

Still armed with a .22 caliber rifle stolen from a homeowner's garage this week, Cavalcante tried to crawl away through the brush and escape from the tactical units closing in, officials said. Then a K-9 bit him and held him down.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2022

PA Officer Shot, Saved by Body Armor

According to Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Megan Ammerman, an officer was serving a warrant when the subject of the warrant opened fire.

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Newsby Staff WriterMay 17, 2021

PA Troopers Union Demands Apology from Governor for Comment About "African American Deaths at Hands of Police"

“Let me be clear: Pennsylvania state troopers support the Juneteenth holiday. But for Gov. Wolf to use his platform to further push a false narrative that police are racist murderers is nothing less than the worst kind of political pandering," said David Kennedy, president of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 28, 2020

4 Charged with Aiding Fugitive Accused of Shooting PA Officer while in Custody

The suspect, Koby Francis, 22, has managed to elude arrest for a full week since the shooting of Officer Gerasimos "Jerry" Athans, 32, outside the McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Police Department. A $15,000 reward is being offered for Francis's arrest, and an all-hands-on-deck search for him has spread out to multiple states.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 6, 2020

Pennsylvania Police Issue Citation to Woman for Violating "Stay-at-Home" Order

Police in Pennsylvania cited a woman for violating the state's "stay-at-home" order—meant to slow the spread of coronavirus—because she went out for a drive in her personally owned vehicle over the weekend.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 11, 2019

Police Kill Barricaded Gunman Who Shot PA Trooper

A gunman who barricaded himself inside his house after shooting a Pennsylvania State Police trooper was shot and killed after a 14-hour standoff.

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Newsby Staff WriterJuly 3, 2019

Two Pennsylvania Agencies Merge to Form Regional Department

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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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 19, 2019

PA State Police Sued for Killing Drug Suspect with Bulldozer

Pennsylvania State Police are being sued by the family of a drug suspect who was killed when he was run over by a bulldozer used by a trooper during a 2018 pursuit and search on public land.

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