Posted on 06/09/2020 8:06:24 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
“Today it has nothing to do with finance, it only is about expanding democrat power.”
Correct.
All they want is a clean sheet to impose their leaders.
Same thing Hitler did with the SS replacing the professional officer ranks in the German military.
They’re just following the old playbook.
The only police that leftists like are secret police.
From blue shirts to brown shirts.
I know it’s against the rules on FR but I read the entire article! ;)
Yes, Camden, NJ still has problems, but it’s much improved and I like the idea of them firing everyone and hiring back to good cops who WANT a safer city and shedding the problem cops.
Couldn’t hurt in some of our other USA Crime Hot Spots.
SOMETHING has to be done because wresting POWER away from Socialist Democrats is where the problem lies and they’d rather burn down their cities than give up that power.
There are reports of crime going down lately, but that has to do with precipitously declining population.
If Minneapolis ends up like Camden that is not a win.
What state? Missouri?
Even if they are, then so what. I don’t care. If people want to destroy themselves with drugs, that’s their business
Camden?
What state?
Incomprehensible if I don’t know where.
They cite Deposit, N.Y. as a successful case of disbanding the P.D. How big is Deposit, N.Y.? We talk about doing the same thing here in Belvidere,N.J. (population 2850) We have 6-7 police and if we get rid of them we would pick up the N.J. State Police to patrol. Then we would have to pay the staties to watch our town. Net gain dollar wise, almost zero and less coverage to boot. But we have very little crime to begin with which I am sure is the case with the cited town. As an aside we have firearms behind more than half of the doors in our town. I am sure that it helps.
That isn't conservative spin -- the NYT wrote about it way back in 2012.
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/nyregion/overrun-by-crime-camden-trades-in-its-police-force.html
Thanks ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas.
In a city that is 95 percent minority, Camden went from a 2/3 minority department to an agency that is made up of only 43 percent minority officers.Gosh, it's almost as if the corruption and criminal activity of the disbanded dep't came completely out of NOWHERE. /s
Here’s the actual start of the story:
(CNN)Last week, Minneapolis officials confirmed they were considering a fairly rare course of action: disbanding the city police department.
It’s not the first locale to break up a department, but no cities as populous have ever attempted it. Minneapolis City Council members haven’t specified what or who will replace it if the department disbands.
Camden, New Jersey, may be the closest thing to a case study they can get.
NO BLUE City will EVER DISBAND the Police Dept because of the UNION DUES the DEMOCRATS GET!!!<P.The Dems are probably DEMANDING MORE POLITICAL DONATIONS!
Abolishing the police is government-sanctioned reparations.
The best way to reduce the crime rate is to stop arresting people. /s
The top 10 Murder Capitals of America, according to NeighborhoodScout, include:
#3 Camden, NJ
Remind me again, which party was running the city ?
Many county sheriffs are more conservative than city police chiefs.
1. The city was a dump for decades.
2. They couldn't afford a police department, so they began using New Jersey State Police to supplement the understaffed local police department.
3. The State Police have been the target of criticism for various incidents of alleged "racism" and "police brutality" across the entire state for years, so they had a very hands-off attitude when it came to policing in a dump like Camden.
4. Camden was forced to grow up and fix itself when Gov. Chris Christie decided to get the State Police the hell out of there.
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