The Lancaster city police department has been accredited by Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association, meaning the department ...

the city spent over $4 million in legal fees to private firms to defend the police department and its officers involved, data from the city shows. The Mendez case alone cost the city over $650,000 ...

Lancaster city police Chief Richard Mendez’s April 1 report to City Council felt like a cruel April Fools’ Day joke (“Lancaster city police chief defends use-of-force review process at city ...