Ramsey Says Officer Will Be Fired For Boozing In Uniform
Commissioner Ramsey (in photo) says Patrolman William Haviland, 42, is being fired after he was seen in a bar Sunday night, drinking in uniform and on duty.
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Commissioner Ramsey (in photo) says Patrolman William Haviland, 42, is being fired after he was seen in a bar Sunday night, drinking in uniform and on duty.
A Philadelphia police officer has been suspended for allegedly driving drunk while on duty.
High-ranking Philadelphia police officer Daniel Castro, who was arrested last week after a federal indictment was unsealed, has pleaded not guilty to extortion and bribery charges.
The ACLU is taking Mayor Nutter to court over the controversial police policy of "stop and frisk" -- a tactic that the civil rights group says is being used to target minorities.
A group of state lawmakers and a civic organization in Philadelphia plans to offer a reward today, hoping to spark leads for police investigating the beating of a southwest Philadelphia community activist a week ago.
The Philadelphia Police Department is kicking off a $2 million fundraising campaign to revive its mounted patrol unit.
A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit alleging that the Philadelphia Police Department violated the rights of blacks and Latinos through unwarranted searches as part of its "stop and frisk" policy.
Officer Marc Brady, 31, is assigned to the 22nd District. He's been on the job six years.
The vote was unanimous as City Council members agreed to schedule broad-based hearings on police conduct.
Shortly before his trial was to begin last week, 35-five-year-old Rasheed Scrugs pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the February 2009 death of 25-year-old officer John Pawlowski.
A woman is dead after being hit by a SEPTA bus in the Wynnefield neighborhood of West Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Police are investigating the sexual assault of a woman on Chestnut Hill College's campus early Saturday morning.
The Center City District has honored local law enforcement, security professionals, and civilians who stepped up to the plate when they saw bad things going down in the past year.
A Philadelphia teen was convicted on Thursday of shining a laser at a Philadelphia police helicoptor in August, and was sentenced to at least 90 days probation.
Two former Philadelphia police officers arrested last week and charged with corruption will remain behind bars pending a hearing on November 10th.
Philadelphia police now say what they first thought was a robbery and possibly a murder near Temple Hospital on Tuesday morning has turned out to be something very different.
Two Philadelphia police officers are under arrest for allegedly stealing drugs and cash from an undercover officer posing as a drug dealer.
A Williamsport, Pa. man has been convicted of shining a laser at a Philadelphia police helicopter. Sentencing is set for January.
In the wake of months of corruption-tinged cases, Commissioner Ramsey is boosting the size of the Internal Affairs Division from 100 to 125.
Philadelphia police are searching for a car involved in a hit and run accident that claimed the life of a 2-year-old child Saturday evening.
