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  2. Philadelphia Police Department - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD, Philly PD, or Philly Police) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the County and City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, [3] fourth-largest police force [4] and sixth-largest non-federal law enforcement agency ...

  3. Police ranks of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Rank. Although the large and varied number of federal, state, and local police and sheriff 's departments have different ranks, a general model, from highest to lowest rank, would be: Chief of police / commissioner of police / superintendent / sheriff /Public Safety Director: The title commissioner of police is used mainly by large metropolitan ...

  4. List of law enforcement agencies in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the state of Pennsylvania.. Pennsylvania says it has more police departments than any other state in the country. [1] According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, the state had 1,117 law enforcement agencies employing 27,413 sworn police officers, about 218 for each 100,000 residents.

  5. Pennsylvania State Police - Wikipedia

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    The Pennsylvania State Police is a full service law enforcement agency which handles both traffic and criminal law enforcement. The Pennsylvania State Police was founded in 1905 by order of Governor Samuel Pennypacker, by signing Senate Bill 278 on May 2, 1905. The bill was signed in response to the Great Anthracite Strike of 1902.

  6. Police officer hiring in U.S. increases in 2023 after years ...

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    PHILADELPHIA — Police departments across the United States are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George Floyd, which led ...

  7. With police departments facing a hiring crisis, some policies ...

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    Faced with gaping vacancies in its police force and concerns about public safety, the Philadelphia Police Department had to think creatively about how to get more candidates in the door. The city ...

  8. Richard Ross Jr. - Wikipedia

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    Born. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Alma mater. Pennsylvania State University (BA) Saint Joseph’s University (MA) Richard Ross Jr. is an American law enforcement officer who served as the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department from January 2016 to August 2019 at 51 years of age. Commissioner Ross was born and raised in ...

  9. Crime in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) is the police department. The Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (1st Judicial Circuit) is the state trial court. The Philadelphia District Attorney is the district attorney. The Defender Association of Philadelphia is the government-funded independent public defender office.