A white police officer was caught on video repeatedly punching Bahir Green, a Black teenager, while Green was being restrained in Chester on Friday.
State police say a Harrisburg man is accused of trying to run over nonuniformed state troopers who were attending a promotional exam in the city. Forty-five-year-old Jamal Kimani Crummel faces six counts of aggravated assault.
The lawsuit alleges Chester Township, the Chester Township Police Department and individual police officers violated residents’ constitutional rights by arresting them for loitering outside their own homes.
The program aims to reduce arrests and connect people with treatment.
All police agencies in Pennsylvania are required to submit information to the database and use it during the hiring process.
Pennsylvania has long limited the use of radar to state police, and repeated efforts to allow it for local police have never succeeded.
If voters answer yes on May 18th, the city charter would require police to knock and announce their presence at a home, and then wait at least 15 seconds for occupants to answer before entering.
