“My obligation is to protect our communities and our officers, and that doesn’t have to contradict each other.” In Philadelphia, the fourth-largest municipal police department in the country ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- On Friday, 48 new officers joined the ranks of ... the words that define the 48 hearts behind the badges of Philadelphia Police Academy Class 401. The first graduating ...

Fitzgerald came from a long line of law enforcement officers. His parents and grandparents all wore the badge, and his grandfather was Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel's godfather.