Crime

A new master’s program will train members of the Philadelphia Police Department to become better managers and to innovate department-wide problem solving

After months of declining gun violence, 57 people have been shot this July. Residents fear what this means moving forward

A local resident, and her neighbors, have had it with the constant, torturous ice cream truck jingle, not to mention the lack of food safety licenses. Is there anything they can do?

As youth gun violence continues to rise, several local organizations are teaching young people the skills to stop, think, and choose differently

For the second time in three years, the School District of Philadelphia was defrauded out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. What’s really going on?

Once a pilot, now a fully-fledged citywide program, PAD aims to divert Philadelphians from arrest and toward social services. One-and-a-half years in, how’s it doing?

Warm weather often brings a spike in shootings. Officials are hoping to mitigate it through teen programming and increased patrols

Flock Safety’s Garrett Langley on how his surveillance tech solves and prevents crime

Jew hate in a Center City bar. A cop shot during a brawl outside Overbrook High. An assassination attempt on our Governor. Maybe it’s time for a rally that reminds us to refocus on shared values and seeing ourselves in one another?

Despite helping to slow bloodshed, several local gun violence prevention community groups are losing federal funding