Topic: Philadelphia Police Department

While murder and shootings have spiked in Philly and elsewhere, both Camden and Newark have made progress in reducing gun violence by adopting smart policing techniques. Why don’t we do what they’ve done?

The City "courtesy towed" a Philly driver's car. Here, we evaluate the process for getting it back.

A Republican ward leader weighs in on Tuesday’s ballot question No. 1, a charter amendment that calls on the PPD to eliminate unconstitutional stop and frisk

Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw on her crime fighting plan, which is full of state-of-the-art reforms. So here’s a novel thought…why not fund it?

In 1967, thousands of students marched to protest inadequate schooling for Black Philadelphians. In this new moment of racial uprising, a group of high schoolers won the right to honor them.

How about we keep murderous cops off the force to begin with? WURD’s midday host lays out a plan to do that

Less police funding wouldn’t have spared George Floyd’s life or upended systemic racism. But real reform of police unions might

Three years ago, Mayor Kenney “reestablished” the department’s civilian oversight board. So, WURD’s afternoon host wonders, what’s so different this time?

With his selection of Danielle Outlaw as police commissioner, the Mayor showed vision and guts. Now comes the hard part: Making sure reform succeeds

WURD’s afternoon host on how the Mayor’s response to Commissioner Ross’s resignation this week misses the point