Philadelphia police

Vice President Mike Pence told Philadelphia police officers that President Donald Trump “backed the Blue” and that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden would cut funding for police if he was elected in November.

Both supporters and protesters gathered outside the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge in Philadelphia where Vice President Mike Pence spoke with officers on Thursday. NBC10’s Drew Smith has the details. Former Vice President and presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden also spoke in Pennsylvania on Thursday..

Vice President Mike Pence is speaking in Lancaster County, Chester County and Philadelphia. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the latest news from his campaign.

Vice President Mike Pence will travel again to Pennsylvania Thursday, dropping in on an important presidential battleground state. The vice president’s visit comes on the same day his successor Joe Biden campaigns in the Keystone State.

A Philadelphia police officer is accused of robbing and assaulting 15 people at a North Philly business.

With her hands ziptied, Kelsey Romano was pulled down a hill off I-676 and was placed under arrest during protests. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas reports.

Philadelphia’s new police reforms include a requirement that recruits live in the city for a year prior to joining the force. 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...

City Council passed legislation Thursday that would mandate the city only hire people — including aspiring police officers — who have been living in Philadelphia for at least one year prior to the job appointment. NBC10 Investigative Claudia Vargas has the story.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Commissioner Danielle Outlaw admitted that the use of tear gas in response to protesters on I-676 back on June 1 was wrong. The incident commander who responded was demoted while another officer was suspended. They also banned the use of tear gas. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the story.

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...

Funerals were held Friday and Monday for two veteran Philadelphia police officers who died this year from COVID-19.

Loved ones and Philadelphia police officers bid farewell on Monday to veteran Philadelphia Police Sergeant Jose Novoa. Novoa died of COVID-19 earlier this month. Another funeral was held Friday for Captain James Walker who died of COVID-19 in April.

NBC10’s Pamela Osborne reports on Philadelphia City Council’s preliminary budget plan that calls for $33-million in cuts to police funding. It also calls for around $20 million to be put into a housing trust fund.

There is no formal civilian review board that only handles complaints against police in Philadelphia. The process for filing a complaint can be daunting, advocates say.

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.

Philadelphia City Council members on Friday spoke out in favor of allowing voters to choose whether to amend the city’s Home Rule Charter in order to eliminate the controversial stop and frisk policy.

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.

A young man from the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia has been charged with four separate slayings over a seven-month period in 2018 and 2019, police said Friday.

Philadelphia Police have arrested more than 600 people for the looting incidents that followed peaceful protests last month. But Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner says not everyone who was arrested deserves prison time. NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas shows us what the district attorney is doing.

A veteran Philadelphia Police Inspector whose nephew was recently shot to death says he supports the Black Lives Matter movement and police reform while remaining devoted to reducing gun violence in the city.