Posted on 06/09/2020 8:06:24 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
Camden dissolved its police department to root out corruption.
The city's crime rate was among the worst in the US. Within nine square miles and among nearly 75,000 residents, there were over 170 open-air drug markets reported in 2013, county officials told CNN. Violent crime abounded. Police corruption was at the core.
Lawsuits filed against the department uncovered that officers routinely planted evidence on suspects, fabricated reports and committed perjury. After the corruption was exposed, courts overturned the convictions of 88 people, the ACLU reported in 2013.
So in 2012, officials voted to completely disband the department -- it was beyond reform.
And in 2013, the Camden County Police Department officially began its tenure. No other city of Camden's size has done anything quite like it.
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When Marxists use the term 'defund' they mean 'replace current police' with brown shirts who work for THEM...
What we see here is an extension of community policing with the added benefit of clearing the decks - firing a bunch of corrupt cops at one time. This is NOT an example of 'defunding police'...
Fake news. The City disbanded the police force for fiscal reasons in that it could no longer afford the police union contract. In order to get rid of the union contract, the City had to get rid of the union, and the only way to get rid of the union was to get rid of the police department. The Camden County Police Department, which was created to take over the City of Camden Police Department, was non-union at the time. And if I recall correctly, nearly all of the former City of Camden LEO accepted positions with the newly formed Camden County Police Department.
“Dissolved the police department” is disengenuous as can be, but it may be effective in NJ. They will claim they are anti-police and thrifty at the same time.
Any officer who has heard of Rodney King will try desperately to avoid shooting black suspects.
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