PHILADELPHIA, July 4 (UPI) -- Philadelphia police say officers were forced to fatally shoot a homeless man who had been repeatedly making prank emergency phone calls.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia police officer died after his squad car collided with another vehicle while responding to a robbery call, officials said.
PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (UPI) -- The Philadelphia Police Department announced Tuesday it had fired four officers involved in the videotaped beating of three suspects in a drive-by shooting.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10 (UPI) -- A total of 13 Philadelphia police officers are now caught up in an investigation of an arrest videotaped by a news crew that showed suspects beaten and kicked.
PHILADELPHIA, May 7 (UPI) -- Philadelphia police officials urged citizens to remain calm following the release of a video showing at least a dozen officers beating three shooting suspects.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- A simple weekend snowball fight in Philadelphia escalated into gunfire that left a teenager fighting for his life, police said.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 6 (UPI) -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking into allegations Philadelphia police beat patrons inside a Puerto Rican social club.
PHILADELPHIA, April 20 (UPI) -- A Philadelphia firefighter moonlighting as a rap singer has been suspended for a song in which he refers to police officers as "pigs."
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- Philadelphia mayoral hopeful T. Milton Street Sr. was jailed in New Jersey on outstanding traffic warrants just after announcing he was running, a report says.
PHILADELPHIA, May 14 (UPI) -- Philadelphia's police department faces a manpower shortage as a new surge of gun violence and murders plague its streets.
