Newly sworn in Camden County Police Metro Officers hit the streets in Camden's Parkside neighborhood
The new Camden County Police force has hit the streets of Camden, NJ. The city is letting the county run a metro police agency that will cover law enforcement in the city. The new agency will hire no more than 49% of the current officers from Camden in order to break the union contract of the city force. For up-to-date news accounts of this story, photos and to post a comment, please access the links below:
04/09/2013 - New Camden police force hits streets
04/08/2013 - New County Police Officers Begin Training On Camden City Streets
03/25/2013 - Camden begins training for transition to regional police force
11/29/2012 - Camden takes first step in laying off entire police department
08/27/2012 – Troubled New Jersey city to scrap its police force
08/27/2012 – New Jersey city fires entire police force
08/27/2012 – Budget cuts leave crime-ravaged Camden, N.J., without a police department
