Police

Former executive director of the gun control advocacy group CeaseFirePA Joe Grace is running for Philadelphia City Council. We sat down with Grace to discuss how guns and gun regulations impact Kensington. You previously worked [continue reading…]

The Philadelphia Police Athletic League, or PAL as most people identify it, is an independent non-profit organization that began in 1947. Its mission statement is comprised of several ideas revolving around one central theme–making a [continue reading…]

The pouring rain today drenched anything that might be left after a fire at the YWCA on Germantown Avenue next to Vernon Park. A local business owner said she thinks she knows who set the [continue reading…]

Eighteen active Philadelphia police officers are huddled together in front of the dugout at La Salle High School’s state-of-the-art Ward Field on a humid Sunday afternoon. Most of the players are hunched over with their [continue reading…]

On a quiet Sunday morning, with nothing special about it aside from being Mother’s Day, the Philadelphia police received a call from North Philadelphia. A heated argument had taken place between neighbors and the police [continue reading…]

It is not every day that a police officer can boast that he garners the respect and trust of a community. For Southwest Philadelphia Officer Richard “Butch” Riddick, this is the reputation he has earned [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/18642052] For 19 of the 25 years he’s worn a Philadelphia Police Department uniform Ernie Rehr has worked at the Rizzo Police Athletic League (PAL) center in Port Richmond. “PAL is one of the crime [continue reading…]

Sitting in the courtroom after her cousin was murdered, Rose Middleton told the shooter that she forgave him. Middleton’s cousin, Robert Selvy, was 53 when he was murdered by someone who lived just a few [continue reading…]