Welcome to the Police Advisory Commission

Latest NEWS from the Commission (updated 2/2/2012)   Read the press release and reply from Commissioner Ramsey: Commissioner accepts recommendations for additional officer training in Opinion in the Matter of Anthony Bey Agendas and Minutes from Commission meetings are available here

Audio podcasts from recent PAC hearings are available here.

Join us at 6:30 pm on Monday February 27th for our monthly meeting in the 17th Police District. The meeting will be held at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center,  740 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19146

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The Police Advisory Commission is the official civilian oversight agency of the City of Philadelphia for the Philadelphia Police Department. The general mission of the Commission is to improve the relationship between the police department and the community. The Commission, in its diversity of composition and in its functioning, is intended to represent the external point of view of the Philadelphia citizenry.

The Commission is authorized by Executive Order 8-93  to conduct investigations of individual citizen complaints of police misconduct, and/or studies of police department policies, procedures or practices. Findings and recommendations made by the Commission are forwarded directly to the Mayor, the City Managing Director and the Police Commissioner for their review and appropriate action.

                                 "Good Policing is Everyone's Responsibility"

City of Philadelphia
Police Advisory Commission
990 Spring Garden St, 7th Floor, Suite 705
Philadelphia, PA 19123

215-685-0891

The Police Advisory Commission is a member of NACOLE, the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement. Please visit NACOLE for additional information about police oversight around the U.S.