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| Philadelphia Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | PPD |
| Motto | Honor, Integrity, Service |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1751 |
| Annual budget | $782,000,000 (2023)[1] |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Headquarters | 400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 |
| Police officers | 6,400 (2021)[2] |
| Mayor of Philadelphia responsible | |
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| Facilities | |
| multiple small boats | 4 |
| helicopters | 4 |
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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. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies,[3] fourth-largest police force[4] and sixth-largest non-federal law enforcement agency in the United States. Since records were first kept in 1828, at least 289 PPD officers have died in the line of duty.[5]
The Philadelphia Police Department has a history of police brutality, intimidation, coercion, and disregard for constitutional rights,[6][7] particularly during the tenure of Frank Rizzo as police commissioner (1967–1971) and mayor (1972–1980).[8][9][10][11] The patterns of police brutality were documented in a 1978 Pulitzer Prize–winning Philadelphia Inquirer series by William K. Marimow and Jon Neuman.[12]
- ^ "Suggested Budget for Fiscal Year 2021" (PDF). City of Philadelphia, Office of the Director of Finance. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
- ^ "About the department". Retrieved July 18, 2019.
- ^ "How the U.S. Got Its Police Force". Time. Retrieved March 27, 2018.
- ^ "ABOUT US". Philadelphia Police Department. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- ^ "Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania, Fallen Officers". Officer Down Memorial Page. July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
- ^ Russ, Dain Saint, Craig R. McCoy, Tommy Rowan, Valerie (2020). "Black and Blue: 190 years of police brutality against Black people in Philadelphia". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""The Relationship Has Always Been Tense." The Philadelphia Police Department Has a Longstanding History of Racial Tension With The Black Community". Time. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ Williams, Suzanne Ife. Police brutality: case study of Philadelphia/Move. OCLC 84480572.
- ^ Blumgart, Jake (October 22, 2015). "The Brutal Legacy of Frank Rizzo, the Most Notorious Cop in Philadelphia History". Vice. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Times, Gregory Jaynes Special to The New York (November 9, 1978). "Philadelphia's Message to Rizzo: 'Enough'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ Blumgart, Jake (September 18, 2018). "How Philly's Frank Rizzo Rode 'Blue-Collar Conservatism' to Victory". Bloomberg. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ "Sketches of Pulitzer Prize Winners in Journalism, the Arts and Letters". The New York Times. April 18, 1978. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 30, 2020.