An Action News Investigation looked into police stops to shed more light on who is more likely to be stopped, and why. Known as "stop-and-frisk," the longstanding policy in the Philadelphia Police ...

Police officers talk to students during a recruiting event at Temple University. Robert Klemko/The Washington Post via Getty Images Violent crime, and how to reduce it, dominated the 2023 Philadelphia ...

NEW YORK — In a manila envelope on the table in front of Marlene Steele are hundreds of letters from businesses, churches and foundations politely rejecting her request for help to fund a gun buy-back ...

The NYPD continues to violate a court order by underreporting the rate that cops use controversial stop-and-frisk practices, a federal monitor says. In a 169-page status report filed Friday in ...

In the late 1980s, the United States experienced an unprecedented spike in violent crime. Alarmed voters demanded action. Elected officials responded. One of those responses was stop-and-frisk ...

In his post about the New York Police Department’s controversial stop-and-frisk policy, Matthew McKnight writes, “The relationship between law enforcement and communities that the N.Y.P.D. has ...