Philadelphia Police Department
The Philadelphia Police Department (PPD or Philly PD) is the police agency responsible for law enforcement and investigations within the City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The PPD is one of the oldest municipal police agencies, fourth-largest police force 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.
| Philadelphia Police Department | |
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| Abbreviation | PPD |
| Motto | Honor, Integrity, Service |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1854 |
| Annual budget | $782,000,000(2023) |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Headquarters | 400 N. Broad Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
| Police officers | 6,400 (2021) |
| Mayor of Philadelphia responsible | |
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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, particularly during the tenure of Frank Rizzo as police commissioner (1967–1971) and mayor (1972–1980). The patterns of police brutality were documented in a 1978 Pulitzer Prize–winning Philadelphia Inquirer series by William K. Marimow and Jon Neuman.