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With bipartisan and union support, Gov. Tom Wolf signs a law creating a statewide police misconduct database

The law requires departments to submit records of why an officer left their employ, and to consult the database before hiring any applicants.

A bill signed into law Tuesday that calls for the creation of a statewide database on police misconduct was partially spurred by the protests over the death of George Floyd, including this one in Philadelphia in early June.
A bill signed into law Tuesday that calls for the creation of a statewide database on police misconduct was partially spurred by the protests over the death of George Floyd, including this one in Philadelphia in early June.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer
    by Vinny Vella
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