Residents and motorists are asked to avoid the area until further notice.

An ordinary Monday afternoon turned tense in Reading as police declared an "active police scene" on Walkers Brook Drive and sharply limited access to the busy commercial stretch. Officers and other ...

READING, Pa. - Reading Police are beefing up their camera system and even adding drones in an effort to fight crime in the city. "We are being recorded many times and we don't even realize it," said ...

Reading’s highest-ranking women in the police and fire departments, and two outside experts, all independently agreed that the city should not specifically recruit women to fix the gap. The goal, they ...

The Reading Police Academy is marking 50 years since being commissioned by Pennsylvania through the Municipal Police Officers’ Education and Training Commission. The academy began its 2026 training ...

About 7 a.m. on May 1, a Bern Township police officer on Route 183 observed a car passing a school bus with its stop lights activated. After stopping the car, he discovered that the vehicle’s ...