FRAZIER v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA DEBRA FRAZIER, LAVERNE VANN, CIVIL ACTION SHAMAL BRYANT, Plaintiffs, v. NO. 17-5421 CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, CHIEF INSPECTOR ANTHONY BOYLE, RAYMOND EVERS AND JOHN DOES #1-100, Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION In May 2017, Chief Inspector Anthony Boyle and Inspector Raymond Evers of the Philadelphia Police Department’s Narcotic Bureau (“the Individual Defendants”) held a department-wide meeting during which they discussed an investigation tactic known as “flipping.” “Flipping” in this context refers to an arrangement…