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Philly FOP seeks to restore secrecy around police shootings and disciplinary records in upcoming contract

The police union, in its opening contract proposals, wants to clamp down on what the public knows about how the department operates. It may have leverage, due to a shortage of cops.

Roosevelt Poplar, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, speaks during a news conference in 2023 introducing then-new Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel.
Roosevelt Poplar, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, speaks during a news conference in 2023 introducing then-new Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel.Read moreJose F. Moreno / Staff Photographer