Making the
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More than 1 million in funding to support of the Philadelphia Police Department & Public Safety

Shop with a Cop is a national program pairing police officers with children to afford them a better Christmas. The program promotes synergy and partnership between the police and the communities they serve and helps foster a positive relationship between police and our precious children.

For families in need who are interested in participating in this year’s Shop with a Cop, please contact the Community Relations Officer in the Philadelphia Police District in which you live. You can find your district and contact information here: https://districts.phillypolice.com.

The PPF believes all Philadelphia Officers should feel appreciated. In 2022, we created ‘Appreciation Days’ as a new annual tradition.

The PPF agreed to fund training for these eight (8) new hires as Firearms Examiners. The PPF is also funding training for seven (7) newly hired Forensic Scientist trainees in DNA Analysis.

A significant portion of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Highway Patrol fleet urgently needed replacement, as many motorcycles had been condemned or were beyond repair due to age and high maintenance costs. The Philadelphia Police Foundation stepped in to fund new motorcycles.

The PPF is funding the refreshing and expansion of L.A.S.T. (listen, acknowledge, solve, thank you) — a Police Customer Service Project — that began in 2015.

In partnership with the Connelly Foundation, the COPS (Children of Police Scholarship) Fund was established in 2016 for children of fallen or permanently injured officers.

When PPD’s bomb-sniffing canine Bane died suddenly, PPD was left with an unexpected need for a new highly trained canine. The PPF was able to step up and purchase a new K9 Officer for the Department.

The Philadelphia Police Foundation will purchase eighty (80) fully equipped police bicycles and officer uniforms to support the staffing of bike officers for critical commercial areas in the city.

The PPF is stepping in to fill the gap and cover the costs of training for two (2) Tactical Flight Officers in obtaining their FAA Rotary Commercial Pilot License.

The PPD’s Mounted Unit horses are aging out rapidly with a vital need for younger, more agile equines for the Unit. The PPF stepped in to fund two who arrived in late 2022 and two additional that arrived in the Spring of 2023.