Philadelphia’s jail population has reached its lowest level in recent memory — the result of a behind-the-scenes effort that ...

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said that despite several years of recruitment and policy shifts, “the numbers are moving, ...

A Philadelphia police officer was shot outside Friends Hospital Thursday, but avoided serious injury because his bullet-resistant vest stopped the bullet, officials said. The 30-year-old officer ...

As the cries for police reform continue to ring nationwide, Philadelphia City Council has taken a small step to highlight public viewpoints during the contract negotiation process between the city and ...

A police officer was shot in their bulletproof vest on Thursday in Northeast Philadelphia. The incident occurred in the 4600 block of E. Roosevelt Boulevard at Friends Hospital. The suspected shooter ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] A man who had voluntarily agreed to be ...

A Philadelphia police officer was struck in the vest by gunfire on Thursday afternoon. The suspected shooter was also shot and taken to Einstein Medical Center where he later died. Police say the ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) — A Philadelphia Police Officer was shot in his bulletproof vest outside the Friends Hospital in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday. In a press conference Thursday afternoon ...

A man who had voluntarily agreed to be taken to a psychiatric hospital by Philadelphia police grabbed an officer’s gun outside the facility and wounded him before being fatally shot by another officer ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KYW) — Power was knocked out for about 1,000 homes and businesses in a Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Thursday after police said a man tried to steal copper wire ...