Philadelphia Police Department
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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,[4] fourth-largest police force[5] 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.[6]
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Philadelphia Police Department | |
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Abbreviation | PPD |
Motto | Honor, Integrity, Service |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1854; 170 years ago (1854)[1] |
Annual budget | $782,000,000 (2023)[2] |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | 400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103 |
Police officers | 6,400 (2021)[3] |
Mayor of Philadelphia responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Facilities | |
multiple small boats | 4 |
helicopters | 4 |
Website | |
Official Site |
The Philadelphia Police Department has a history of police brutality, intimidation, coercion, and disregard for constitutional rights,[7][8] particularly during the tenure of Frank Rizzo as police commissioner (1967–1971) and mayor (1972–1980).[9][10][11][12] The patterns of police brutality were documented in a 1978 Pulitzer Prize–winning Philadelphia Inquirer series by William K. Marimow and Jon Neuman.[13]