Sunday, August 26, 2012

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com: Camden Police Department Will Be Eliminated And Replaced By Metro Department: Plan

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Camden Police Department Will Be Eliminated And Replaced By Metro Department: Plan
Aug 26th 2012, 17:54

A New Jersey city with a persistently high crime rate and a yawning budget deficit plans to eliminate its police department.

The city of Camden, often described as one of the country's most violent, will lay off its entire force of 270 cops and instead rely on a reorganized county unit to patrol its streets, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

The switch is expected to save millions for the financially burdened city near Philadelphia, but critics have slammed it as a backdoor attack on unions. The new Metro Division of the Camden County police won't have collective bargaining, according to Fox News.

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