U.S. Reviews Philadelphia Police Shootings of Unarmed Suspects
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Philadelphia police didn’t receive consistent training on deadly force policies, according to a U.S. Justice Department review released Monday of shootings between 2007 and 2014.
Officers were involved in 394 shootings in the period, and about 15 percent of suspects were unarmed, according to the assessment, which started in 2013 after a request by city police commissioner Charles Ramsey. Besides additional instruction, the report recommended increased transparency and a single unit to investigate police shootings.