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Report on Phila. police: New rules, training needed

A long-awaited U.S. Justice Department report on police shootings in Philadelphia concluded Monday that there is "significant strife between the community and the department," and recommended wholesale changes in procedures and training.

File photo: Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey at the scene where a man was shot and killed by Philadelphia plain clothes police officers after he pulled a handgun, police said. ( Clem Murray / Staff photographer, file photo )
File photo: Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey at the scene where a man was shot and killed by Philadelphia plain clothes police officers after he pulled a handgun, police said. ( Clem Murray / Staff photographer, file photo )Read more
    by Dylan Purcell, Aubrey Whelan, and Mark Fazlollah, Inquirer Staff Writers
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