Kevin Bethel was trying something new. Inside a lecture hall at the University of Pennsylvania earlier this month, the city’s ...

Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said his department will “keep pushing” to reduce homicides and shootings in Philadelphia ...

On the last day of the year, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel shared with The Tribune that his resolution for ...

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Homicides as of Dec. 30, 2024 stand at 262 — a 36% decline from 2023 and the fewest lives lost since 2014. According to police, shootings are down by 35%, robberies have fallen by 37% and stolen autos ...

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel is proud of the crime numbers, reinforcing his strategy of focusing police work ...

City leaders are touting 2024’s decline in gun violence, but they say more work needs to be done to improve those numbers ...

Just wanted to get across that the Philadelphia Police Department works very well with the NFL and the Philadelphia Eagles,” ...

PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel will soon have one official year under his belt as top cop. Looking back on his first year in the new role, he says he hopes to build ...

Instead of arresting juveniles, Philadelphia police say they'll become part of a new diversion program aimed at keeping kids out of the criminal justice system when possible.

Armored Philadelphia police SWAT vehicles were stationed outside Lincoln Financial Field ahead of the Eagles' final regular ...

Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel (center) joins Mayor Cherelle Parker in Dilworth Park outside City Hall to address a weekend of violence that ended with four people dead. (Emma Lee/WHYY) ...