Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks with members of the media during a news conference in Philadelphia on June 19. (Matt Rourke/AP)The Philadelphia Police Department has placed 72 officers on desk duty, and some are likely to be fired, the police commissioner said Wednesday, amid an investigation into racist or otherwise offensive Facebook posts by the city’s officers. “We’ve talked about from the outset how disturbing, how disappointing and upsetting these posts are,” Ross told reporters. Ross said Wednesday his entire department will undergo anti-bias and anti-racism training and officials will periodically audit officers’ Facebook accounts. He emphasized that the officers targeted in the probe represent a small minority of the force and that the Facebook posts hurt the reputation of the entire department.

Source: Washington Post June 20, 2019 15:53 UTC