Philadelphia Police Department

Philadelphia Police Department
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
General nature	Local civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	400 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19103
Police officers	5,021 of 6,500 (2025)
Mayor of Philadelphia responsible	Cherelle Parker;
Agency executives	Kevin J. Bethel, Commissioner; John M. Stanford Jr., First Deputy Commissioner, Field Operations; Francis Healy, Deputy Commissioner, Chief of Staff and Legal Affairs; Michael Cram, Deputy Commissioner, Patrol Operations; Frank Vanore, Deputy Commissioner, Investigations; James J. Kelly III, Deputy Commissioner, Special Operations Partnerships;
Facilities
Small boats	4
Helicopters	4
Website
	Official Site

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, 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.

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.