Former Philadelphia congressman and longtime local political consultant Michael “Ozzie” Myers was indicted this week on eight counts of federal crimes relating to election fraud.
Police body-worn cameras have been touted as tools for transparency and accountability. But police reform activists say current laws make it difficult for the public to obtain body camera video. NBC10 Investigative reporter Claudia Vargas finds out how the public can see what police officers do before and after an encounter.
In one district, 40 workers are quarantining at home. NBC10 Investigators’ Claudia Vargas reports.
Anti-brutality activists want more police officers equipped with body-worn cameras. But a review by the Philadelphia Public Defender found that cops who already wear them have not been using them properly.
Every officer of Philadelphia’s public transit police department wear a body camera. The city police department only equips one-third of its force. Advocates says police departments need to better embrace the body-worn cameras. NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas has the story.
Nearly two out of three city teachers say they were satisfied with online resources provided by Philadelphia school district, according to an NBC10 survey. But some students rarely or never logged.
After nearly 1,000 stores, including 180 pharmacies, were looted and vandalized in and around Philadelphia, police are struggling to find millions in stolen goods.
The clock is ticking to make sure you and your family are counted in the 2020 Census. But the global pandemic and protests have complicated the count. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher discovered they’ve also raised the stakes to make sure you’re counted.
Abolishing stop-and-frisk and boosting civilian oversight of the police department are two policy moves that elected officials in Philadelphia are considering, NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher found.
Elected officials appear eager to add funding to independent police oversight in Philadelphia, where civilian commissions aren’t able to investigate police misconduct and brutality, NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher found.
The NBC10 Investigators examined police recruitment and city payroll data to determine where current police officers live and from where the newest officers moved. The analysis found that the zip code where the most cops live is in the Northeast section of the city, and one in five city cops now live in the suburbs. It is full circle for...
NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas examines the Philadelphia Police Department’s residency policy and how it impacts where officers live.
Nearly 1,000 commercial burglaries and thefts occurred during violence and looting in Philadelphia and surrounding suburbs last week. NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas spoke with police investigators and victimized business owners to see how progress is going on recovering stolen goods.
Former U.S. Rep. Michael “Ozzie” Myers, who served time for his part in the Abscam scandal of the 1970s and 1980s, has been linked to a new political crime in South Philadelphia, sources told NBC10 Investigators reporter Claudia Vargas.
An NBC10 Investigators analysis found that “infection control” citations were prevalent in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic decimated elder care facilities in Pennsylvania.
